Kia Carens: Manual heating and air conditioning / Air intake control
This is used to select the outside (fresh) air position or recirculated air position.
To change the air intake control position, push the control button.
Recirculated air position
■ Type A, B
With the recirculated air position selected, air from the passenger compartment
will be drawn through the heating system and heated or cooled according to the function
selected.
Outside (fresh) air position
■ Type A
■ Type B
With the outside (fresh) air position selected, air enters the vehicle from outside
and is heated or cooled according to the function selected.
✽ NOTICE
Prolonged operation of the heater in the recirculated air position (without air
conditioning selected) may cause fogging of the windshield and side windows and
the air within the passenger compartment may become stale.
In addition, prolonged use of the air conditioning with the recirculated air
position selected will result in excessively dry air in the passenger compartment.
WARNING
- The continuous use of recirculated air in the climate control system
may increase humidity inside the vehicle, causing the glass to fog and obscuring
visibility.
- Do not sleep in a vehicle with the air conditioning or heating system
on. It may cause serious harm or death due to a drop in the oxygen level and/or
body temperature.
- The continuous use of recirculated air in the climate control system
can produce drowsiness or sleepiness, which may result in a loss of vehicle
control. Set the air intake control to the outside (fresh) air position as much
as possible while driving.
The temperature will increase to the maximum (HI) by turning the knob to the
right extremely.
The temperature will decrease to the minimum (Lo) by turning the knob to the
left extremely.
When turni ...
The fan speed can be set to the desired speed by pressing the fan speed control
button.
To change the fan speed, press the upper button ()
for higher speed, or press the lower button ()
for lower ...
Other information:
Removal
1.
Set the front tires straight-ahead before removing the steering wheel.
If the steering wheel and the front tires are not set straight
ahead ...
Inspection
1.
Turn the ignition switch OFF.
2.
Disconnect the IATS connector.
3.
Measure resistance between the IATS terminals 3 and 4.
4.
Check that the resistance is within ...