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Old 05-14-2013, 06:47 AM
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Question Vent fan turns on automatically

While driving the vent fan automatically turns on to the lowest setting. I turn the knob to shut it down the in a couple of seconds the vent turns back on.
After turning the engine off and starting again everthing appears to be back to normal. Wth?
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happens to me as well on occasion, I turn the temp dial a bit up and the vents stop coming on.
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Originally Posted by southgate
happens to me as well on occasion, I turn the temp dial a bit up and the vents stop coming on.
did you set your air temp preference to floor/window? mine doesn't blast my face with hot air - I like it that way.
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I leave mine on AUTO all the time, AC enabled winter or summer. Keeps the inside climate under control. The Infiniti had an OFF setting for the HVAC. Never understood why.
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I've pushed the "off" button a few times - usually when most of the windows are down and what's the point of it being on.
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What 'off' button?
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The "OFF" button was removed with the LCI update in 2008. Pre-LCI cars had an "OFF" button. To the OP: My car had the same problem; it was a faulty climate control module. I think they had to replace that entire climate control panel on the dash. Funny thing is, years later it still happens every so often.
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This has been happening to me lately as well. It will come on randomly, sometimes 3-5 times in a sub-20 mile commute. Would CPO cover this?
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Originally Posted by gcvt
This has been happening to me lately as well. It will come on randomly, sometimes 3-5 times in a sub-20 mile commute. Would CPO cover this?
Exactly. Happening to me for a few years. i shut it off and it seems when I take a corner had it comes back on. Doesn't happen all the time. I don't care about it enough to investigate.
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That was happening to me. After some research here, I found out that if you turn up the temp dial the ac will stop from coming on. That worked for me and hasn't turned while driving again.


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