Many people don't know how to close off the outside air without the AC switching on.
Why would you want this?
- Grass fire smell, smoking trucks or pollution
- Just want to switch off fan and NOT have cold outside air coming through vents @ 70mph.
Anyways the default behaviour is the moment you engage RECIRC the fan and AC come on even at 1 speed. Then you instinctively switch off the fan and it OPENS the vents automatically again.
Here's the FIX
- Press RECIRC
- Press AC so it the indicator goes off
- Switch off fan
Then it's closed with no fan blowing
Ofcourse the reason they default to opening is to avoid that horrible stale smell SO many cars get because the drivers LEAVE the vents closed. Use this for short term
Another tip is to reduce the veld fire smell etc
Turn fan onto 4+ for atleast 3 secs then do steps above, it pressurises the cabin a bit and stops "air seeping"