D4 Dual Climate Control - am I missing something?

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Grasped the concept perfectly. It proved very poor in execution.. Just like their poorly mounted reverse camera, and screen which glares out easily..

See in my line of work - I get to balance my exposure to different vehicles... And the 2 with the best Hevac systems are the Fords and the LR.

In hot conditions had many a Toyo Hevac give up, or struggle to even remotely handle the task.

Regardless. If you are unable to understand and utilise the vehicle functions as provided - and the concept of Hevac systems causes confusion and frequent fiddling with your knob by you and your passenger then I would suggest further exploration of vehicle features prior to future purchases may prevent the obvious frustrations such an "oversight" has caused to your motoring pleasure.

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OK, I'm calling a truce here because this post is way more frustrating than the system I was enquiring about - I just wanted to know if the Disco had a function like the Passat. Turns out the answer is "no"

I don't think it is an issue of me not understanding the function - Like the auto-lowering suspension. I 100% understand why they made it the way they did, doesn't mean I like it, and didn't stop me asking if there was a way around it

Just to add to the thread, have been playing around with the auto function and noticed that if you press and hold recirc to lock "on" then auto disables, but if you just hit the recirc button once then auto stays on.

Explains why I haven't used the auto function much. Driving a lot in heavy traffic I quite off lock recirc on (sucking in my own filth as opposed to someone else's :)).

Have also been playing around with the coolant temp versus zircon temp. Early in the morning the climate blows cold but seems to come good around when the coolant hits 50 degrees C

(My Garmin is connected to a bluetooth dongle in the diagnostic port - hence I can watch the coolant temp rise)

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Originally Posted by DanW

(My Garmin is connected to a bluetooth dongle in the diagnostic port - hence I can watch the coolant temp rise)

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Dan, could you provide more details of the Garmin and dongle. Do you mean a satnav Garmin? What else can the dongle read?

Cheers,
Scott

I have the Nuvi 3790 and the dongle is called the 'Garmin ecoRoute HD'. It will give you;

Current fuel use
Battery Voltage
Intake Manifold Pressure
Air intake temp
Coolant Temp
RPM
Plus a couple of others

I think the whole thing was designed to help you drive more efficiently, but it does have a little screen that lets you configure about 5 little analogue looking dials.

It also claims to be able to read and reset fault codes but I've never been in a situation to have to do that.

I just had a quick look on Garmin's site and I can't see them there any more but there are plenty out there on ebay etc

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Originally Posted by DanW

Just to add to the thread, have been playing around with the auto function and noticed that if you press and hold recirc to lock "on" then auto disables, but if you just hit the recirc button once then auto stays on.

Explains why I haven't used the auto function much. Driving a lot in heavy traffic I quite off lock recirc on (sucking in my own filth as opposed to someone else's :)).

Have also been playing around with the coolant temp versus zircon temp. Early in the morning the climate blows cold but seems to come good around when the coolant hits 50 degrees C

(My Garmin is connected to a bluetooth dongle in the diagnostic port - hence I can watch the coolant temp rise)

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Not sure if you are aware of this, but there is a Hevac filter with Activated Charcoal as well - makes a big difference....

The standard filter is just that - pollen filter only.. The Charcoal one is worth the upgrade!!!!

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Originally Posted by Tombie

The Charcoal one is worth the upgrade!!!!

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I didn't know that. Any clues as to where to source one Tombie?

Cheers,
Scott

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Originally Posted by LRD414

I didn't know that. Any clues as to where to source one Tombie?

Cheers,
Scott

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Dealers have them, as does Rover Lord.. Give Mario & Heather a call...

Genuine ones are around the $150 mark, then there's after-markets for around the $40-$70 mark...

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Dealers have them, as does Rover Lord.. Give Mario & Heather a call...

Genuine ones are around the $150 mark, then there's after-markets for around the $40-$70 mark...

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Good tip - aftermarket - the genuine pollen filter at circa $130!! is approx 20% of the first service cost...:angel: I know...unless you have the corporate plan etc..

My wife & I went to Wollongong from Canberra on Saturday and it's been pretty cold in the ACT this week, but I had my side -drivers set @ 22, but it made difference what she set her side too, it just blew cold air, unless I put my side to Hi, then her side went warm but as soon as I turned mine back to 22, hers went cold again.

Maybe it's the blend doors playing up...my old Jeep had blend door issues & it's a pain.

Cheers

tiddy

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Originally Posted by tiddy

My wife & I went to Wollongong from Canberra on Saturday and it's been pretty cold in the ACT this week, but I had my side -drivers set @ 22, but it made difference what she set her side too, it just blew cold air, unless I put my side to Hi, then her side went warm but as soon as I turned mine back to 22, hers went cold again.

Maybe it's the blend doors playing up...my old Jeep had blend door issues & it's a pain.

Cheers

tiddy

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Hmm thats not good I've not had any issues with my air con like that normally ours pretty much stays at the same settings all the time.