RS162 MY15.5 air conditioning

[tenyearguarantee]

All,

Recently I've been having some issues with the air conditioning in my RS. I find that some days it doesn't blow any cold air or when the a/c button is off the a/c works.

Anyone else had similar issues?

[Antiplastix]

Yes, I had the same issue. Took it back, they told me a software update would fix the issue. I was sceptical, but it did.

[techdave]

What a timing, just posted on another forum as well for an AC issue.

This is my first summer with the Octy, so I've only just noticed the problem. My RS' AC lags for around 10-15 minutes before cold air starts to blow. It seems to be doing this when it switches from heating mode to cooling. After it is in cooling 'mode', it is fine for the last few days so far... maybe until the next cold days.

[tenyearguarantee]

Good to know I'm not the only one. Will have a chat to the local mob and see what's going on.

[Reichter]

check your aircon setup settings. there is a low med and high setting for the compressor. I also posted a reply on whirlpool about this.

[tenyearguarantee]

Thanks Reichter, it appears to be set to medium so next hot day I'll set it to high and see if that does it.

[woofy]

I wouldn't have ever thought there was an A/C setting guessing its just Mk3 as I don't recall anyone ever mentioning it in the Mk2s before.

[tenyearguarantee]

As soon as you look for the button it becomes obvious. It's a dedicated button, never noticed it before. I'm sure the dealer told me about it but I was too busy thinking 'shut up and let me drive'

[donweather]

So is this only for Mk3 or does it apply to Mk2 cause I've been complaining for some time that my Mk2 AC is crap.

[Reichter]

I can't comment if the mk2 has it or not, as I've never had one or been in one.

Tenyear, did it make a difference changing your settings? It definitely made a difference for me between low, med and high settings. The fan speed dictates how fast the air moves into the cabin. The compressor setting dictates how cold the air is going into the cabin. I hope that all makes sense.

[tenyearguarantee]

Reichter, yeah made a huge difference. Tried it the other day when it was 30+ deg in the cabin. Cooled a lot better.

Octavia outsmarted me, I was spewing thinking that my 15 year old corolla pumps out cold air better than it!

[wfdTamar]

There's no button or setting for that in the Mk2, but I wonder if it might be accessible through VCDS? I'll have to have a look.

[rc_vRS]

Reichter, yeah made a huge difference. Tried it the other day when it was 30+ deg in the cabin. Cooled a lot better.

Octavia outsmarted me, I was spewing thinking that my 15 year old corolla pumps out cold air better than it!

I was just about to start a thread about A/C before I found this one.

I have an MY15 162tsi and in the last couple of weeks have been having intermittent A/C problems. The symptoms of mine:

- Normal A/C operation for a period of time, I normally have it set between 20-22 deg
- The Blower fan continues as normal but the air temperature from the vents becomes closer to outside although it never got hot even with 40 deg outside today, more like just warm air
- The (can be minutes into the drive or hours of continuous hwy driving)
- not ambient temperature dependent, happens with outside temperature between 20-40 deg (tested today in scorching heat!!)
- It makes no difference whether the climate control is on light/medium/strong
- It makes no difference whether it is set to Auto/dual/max lo
- After a period of time (~5-15 minutes) A/C will suddenly start blowing fully cold air again until the next cycle it happens.
- When the A/C is operating as normal there is no problem bringing the temp close to the 16 deg min.

Today I drove for 4 hour continuous and it happend 3-4 times during the drive. It has happened on other shorter drives too.

It really just feels like the compressor is disengaging sometimes then randomly comes back on.

Is this the same as other people are seeing? If so can anyone post anymore details on this software "fix" and what year models it is affecting before I go down to the dealer?

For those asking about Mk2 they don't have the climate control settings that the Mk3 has. I had a mk2 vrs for 2.5 years and never had any a/c issues. I always found the mk2 A/C adequate without being blown away when driving in the same situations as now. I had pretty dark tinted windows so that probably helped to cut the heat a bit.

[Reichter]

Reichter, yeah made a huge difference. Tried it the other day when it was 30+ deg in the cabin. Cooled a lot better.

Octavia outsmarted me, I was spewing thinking that my 15 year old corolla pumps out cold air better than it!

Excellent news! =)

I was just about to start a thread about A/C before I found this one.

I have an MY15 162tsi and in the last couple of weeks have been having intermittent A/C problems. The symptoms of mine:

- Normal A/C operation for a period of time, I normally have it set between 20-22 deg
- The Blower fan continues as normal but the air temperature from the vents becomes closer to outside although it never got hot even with 40 deg outside today, more like just warm air
- The (can be minutes into the drive or hours of continuous hwy driving)
- not ambient temperature dependent, happens with outside temperature between 20-40 deg (tested today in scorching heat!!)
- It makes no difference whether the climate control is on light/medium/strong
- It makes no difference whether it is set to Auto/dual/max lo
- After a period of time (~5-15 minutes) A/C will suddenly start blowing fully cold air again until the next cycle it happens.
- When the A/C is operating as normal there is no problem bringing the temp close to the 16 deg min.

Today I drove for 4 hour continuous and it happend 3-4 times during the drive. It has happened on other shorter drives too.

It really just feels like the compressor is disengaging sometimes then randomly comes back on.

Is this the same as other people are seeing? If so can anyone post anymore details on this software "fix" and what year models it is affecting before I go down to the dealer?

For those asking about Mk2 they don't have the climate control settings that the Mk3 has. I had a mk2 vrs for 2.5 years and never had any a/c issues. I always found the mk2 A/C adequate without being blown away when driving in the same situations as now. I had pretty dark tinted windows so that probably helped to cut the heat a bit.

Have you got your recirculation set for inside air or outside air?

[rc_vRS]

Excellent news! =)


Have you got your recirculation set for inside air or outside air?

I did try checking the option in settings for auto recirculate but it made no difference yesterday. I didn't try manually setting to inside air.

In my mkii I pretty much never changed it to inside recirc I just left it on the auto setting. It never acted like the new one does.