Climate Control

[driverN]

Hi,

My Avensis has the climate control system, but does not perform as I would have expected. Even with the AC on, or even off, the car lacks fresh air and gets very stuffy. On a cold day with the heating turned up it gets worse. Plus on wet days, windscreen steams up. Anyone else suffering?

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[mark.wallace@mawallace1.d]

Hi,

My Avensis has the climate control system, but does not perform as I would have expected. Even with the AC on, or even off, the car lacks fresh air and gets very stuffy. On a cold day with the heating turned up it gets worse. Plus on wet days, windscreen steams up. Anyone else suffering?

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Yes - I suffer with a misted up windscreen! Putting the system onto Windscreen setting with Air con on always shift the steaming up.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

tip - dont have it on recirculating air.

[driverN]

tip - dont have it on recirculating air.

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Thats the annoying thing, its not on recirculate air, but it feels like it is. Garage says all ok and whne you do put on recirculate air you do notice the difference, its worse.

I just feel there is a lack of fresh air coming into the car.

[cheetah1]

Well, there is this filter under the center console. If you clean that. it maybe will be better?

[runboy]

Agree, try the filter. Manual says that misted windows can be caused by old filter-try a new one if you haven't changed it recently.

[AvensisTR]

clean the polen filter

[driverN]

Thanks for the comments about the filter, back to the garage this week to ask them about it.

[nezerr]

i find that if you set the direction to feet and screen put the temp to full(hot) for about two mins and open middle(fresh air) vents this demists the front screen and also gives fresh air,

you only need blast the windscreen when you first get in the car and then set to preff temp, this gets the windscreen hot and stops misting.

dont use a/c on the screen as you will need it on all the time as this drys the air and once you switch it off the screen mists up str8 away

hope this helps

Ps.

only use recirculate air to heat car quickly and if there is bad smell out doors, recirculate air can make you sick its stale air!!