larrys3255 said:
Nissan has decided that the Leaf driver cannot select "Air Recirculation" while the "Automatic Climate Control" is on but must use the "Fresh Air Intake" mode.
I went out to the LEAF and started pushing buttons and I
thought I saw this behavior, but then was not able to reproduced it. If the "AUTO" light is on, I can change ventilation mode (fresh air-to-recirc and vice versa), which has the side effect of turning off "AUTO".
kovalb said:
Just because the "AUTO" indicator light goes out when selecting recirculation mode does not mean it is not in AUTO, just that the fresh/recirc is being handled manually. The other components, such as fan speed are still being handling automatically.
How does one turn off "AUTO" mode if "AUTO" mode is on but the "AUTO" light is not on? How did you figure out that "
other components [...] are still being handling [sic] automatically" when the "AUTO" light is off?
Not that the Owner's Manual is The Bible when it comes to the LEAF's operation (to wit, first paragraph on page 4-5, regarding setting the "automatic control mode"), but this needs some further research/verification/substantiation: Owner's Manual, page 4-4:
"
When pushing any operating buttons while the
climate control is activating in the AUTO mode,
the climate control turns to the manual mode."
I just verified this much on my LEAF:
If "AUTO" is lit, using any switch (windshield defroster, "mode", climate control on/off, A/C, ventilation control, fan speed) other than the temperature setting or the rear defroster switch will turn off the "AUTO" light. (
Note I'm slavishly avoiding saying "turning off 'AUTO' mode, since that's currently in question.)
AFAICT, AUTO mode is not on at all if the AUTO light is not lit.
larrys3255 said:
This also occurs when you click on the "Front Defroster" button.
kovalb said:
The reason fresh is selected automatically when in defrost mode is to prevent fogging. The windows will fog up very quickly when there is any humidity in the air if left in recirc.
I have also just verified this much on my LEAF:
If "AUTO" is lit, pressing windshield defroster would turn it off; upon turning off the windshield defroster, "AUTO" comes back on.
If "AUTO" is not lit, pressing windshield defroster would not change it; upon turning off the windshield defroster, "AUTO" remains unlit.