Climatronic problem

[buzuki]

ill see if i can get the settings again. I cant see this not being possible via vagcom VCDS or whatever you lot use haha.

[Umai Naa!!]

I've used VCDS before. Didn't care for it much. VAS-PC all the way.

[FSI 220]

If anyone can get the coding for turning off the "hot country" for that module that would be great... I have to give back the VCDS cable I have borrowed...

(tic toc tic toc)

[Blackdakdak]

Called dealer today. He said he'd never heard of this problem in any VW or Audi, and without even searching or asking anyone else told me he hadn't heard anything about 'hot country' settings for Tiguan. He said everyone he spoke to was happy with their climatronic, and even if there was such a thing as hot country settings, Australia is a hot country and therefore they would be the correct settings, as VW Germany set them for the country of sale.

This is so typical of car dealers (not just VW). I advised him that he had just lost the service of my near new car for the rest of the warranty period, plus any chance of future car sales thru that dealer. This is the same guy who told me 16" steel rims for Tiguans don't exist and I had to buy a $900 alloy as a full sized spare. I bought a genuine steel rim from another VW dealer.

Sorry - dealers pissssss me off.

[buzuki]

I couldnt say the settings exist for all the VW range, it was a passat i did it too. I still havent had a chance to find out what I did, but cant promise i will.

[Blackdakdak]

I think it is called a Sunload Sensor in some of the VW range. Found this post; http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...sue-50922.html

I've covered my sensor with a piece of brown paper bag and it seems to work in preventing the 'rapid chill' effect in bright sunlight, but will get whoever I find to service it to try and fix permanently.

[FSI 220]

Hi

Played around with a VCDS cable... at somestage I will probably get my own now I have seen what it can do...

Anyhow things I have seen in the HVAC/Climate module...

I am generally happy with my CControl, my car has a couple of weird settings tho. My car is set up with the region set as NORTH AMERICA - Note they don't even sell the B7 there... also the roof is classed as full roof (i have the panoramic roof)... go figure...

glass is set up as insulating - which I would expect, although another setting says "Green insulated Touran" or something or other (note there was no "Passat"...

By the looks of all that, you may be able to adjust the Climate control.... as I am happy, I didn't touch the climate settings.

Cheers

John

[buzuki]

i found the paperwork today for it, it is for passat only as far as i can tell. But i forgot to bring it home with me.

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i found the paperwork today for it, it is for passat only as far as i can tell. But i forgot to bring it home with me.

tomorrow maybe? -thanks buzuki, there's lots of us hanging out for it (although if I start having DPF issues I'll be ditching it soon anyway).

[revivor]

tomorrow maybe? -thanks buzuki, there's lots of us hanging out for it (although if I start having DPF issues I'll be ditching it soon anyway).

Even if it's the day after, I wouldn't mind
Thanks buzuki!

[dopey]

Set off a disinfectant bomb in the car with the Air con on, on recirculate, then replace the pollen filter.

Didn't work. Filter is clean and smells like disinfectant but that's about it. Smell is so bad I can't even use the climate control at all right now. I reckon the evaporator must be full of bacteria or something.

Anyway, no DIY tricks were working so I've asked the dealer to tell me what they can do about it. Seeing as they already extorted some money from me to fail in fixing the issue last time I feel they should be doing something more thorough again this time or else I'll be somewhat pissed off.

[revivor]

Just change the filter. I had similar issues after trying so many bombs + disinfectant, after replacing the filter the smell went away. I bought a charcoal filter last yr for about $30 I think from VW Five Dock.

[MattDav]

Hi All

I have a B7 Passat 118 TSI (purchased 30 June 2012) and the Climate Control is freezing me on cool sunny days in Brisbane. My problem is the same as that of clip, namely: I set the Climate Control on Auto at 24 degrees, and on a cool day (17-20 degrees) and bright sunshine, the 4 front vents blow cold air. I have thrown a hat over the InfraRed sensor in the top of the dash at the base of the windscreen and this action reduces the cold air output by dropping the speed of the fan from 3 or 4 to 2. The Climate Control works without an issue at night-time or when the days is overcast and the sun is not shining on the IR Sensor.

I took it back to the dealer last week and the service manager indicated he was aware of the issue. His staff apparently checked and updated the Climate Control software, but to no avail as I cannot notice an improvement.

I will take it back to the dealer's service department again this week. If that fails, I am thinking of contacting VW Australia, and maybe sending them a copy of the posts on this thread. I do not think that covering the IR sensor is long-term appropriate fix.

Has anyone had any success in getting a dealer to fix the issue?

Thanks
Matt

[Brycem]

Matt

My new passat wagon has the same issues. Haven't explored this with the dealer yet. Which dealer are you using? I am in Brisbane too.

Thanks
Brycem

[Umai Naa!!]

Send Buzuki on here a PM.

He may be able to shed some light on the blizzard-like air con problem.