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  • Air conditioning not working.

    Hmmm, so it's about 26 outside and turned the car on and the fan was blowing, but the air was just as hot as outside. The ac was on auto and was set to about 20. Came home, switched the car off and back on again and now it works again.

    Why?
    Alex Aescht

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  • #2
    Could be just a glitch with the climate control. Mabey it didn't enable the clutch on the air conditioning compressor...

    If you were just idleing at home there may not have been enough revs for the compressor to compress the gas for refrigeration...

    Could just be random like mine tends to do when I take off and stop quickly, it cycles the compressor off then on again...

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    • #3
      Air conditioning not working.

      When it's on auto, the AC won't always be on if you have knocked the AC button on the Climatronic unit and switched AC off.
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      • #4
        Air conditioning not working.

        Nah the AC was on and we weren't idling, we were driving up Harkaway road doing 80 km/h. It's done it before when the DPF was doing its thing but I put that down to the increased heat in the engine bay.
        Must just be a weird glitch.
        Alex Aescht

        MY13 Dark Silver VW up! 5-door 55MPI manual — Comfort Style Pack, Comfort Drive Pack, Maps + More, Panoramic Sunroof
        MY11 Pepper Grey VW Polo Comfortline 66TDI manual ― Comfort Pack, Audio Pack.

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        • #5
          I've actually had this occur a few times as well. I found it was dependent on the weather and where the car is. For example when it is 24/25 (or so) outside but the basement car park was quite cool, car comes out of the basement and the air cond didn't work. No amount of on/offing of the climate control would start it. Quick restart of enging fixed it.

          On all occasions it occured (maybe 3 times), the car was in the basement and the temp outside was a little warmer, warm enough to need the air cond.

          Always works again after engine re-start.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by pepperpolo View Post
            I've actually had this occur a few times as well. I found it was dependent on the weather and where the car is. For example when it is 24/25 (or so) outside but the basement car park was quite cool, car comes out of the basement and the air cond didn't work. No amount of on/offing of the climate control would start it. Quick restart of enging fixed it.

            On all occasions it occured (maybe 3 times), the car was in the basement and the temp outside was a little warmer, warm enough to need the air cond.

            Always works again after engine re-start.
            Huh, ok. Thanks for your input
            VW's and their strange glitches...
            Alex Aescht

            MY13 Dark Silver VW up! 5-door 55MPI manual — Comfort Style Pack, Comfort Drive Pack, Maps + More, Panoramic Sunroof
            MY11 Pepper Grey VW Polo Comfortline 66TDI manual ― Comfort Pack, Audio Pack.

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