AC keeps coming on !!!
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From: brookfield ct
AC keeps coming on !!!
All of a sudden my AC comes on with out notice. I will be driving along( it's 50 degrees here) and the AC will just come on. I turn it off and a few minute's later it come back on. I don't have auto turned on. Any thoughts on what this could be ???
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If you are using the defrost setting, the AC will automatically be turned on to remove moisture from the air. You cannot turn the AC when using the defrost. 
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Originally Posted by Zilla
If you are using the defrost setting, the AC will automatically be turned on to remove moisture from the air. You cannot turn the AC when using the defrost.
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Originally Posted by Allzwell
Above is correct ... as long as you have the temp set where you want it ... don't worry about the a / c light being on. It is simply indicating the compressor being on and removing moisture.
the hvac is using the a/c mode to remove moisture from the air. you have to use a manual mode to prevent this from happening automatically. just my .02.
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The manual explains how to put the unit in full manual mode. You basically have to set the temp to either extreme hot or extreme cold to stay in manual mode, otherwise it will reactivate it's auto mode (i.e. AC) after about 10 minutes.
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Originally Posted by Tombone
Reset your memory button on the drivers door after you turn off the AC.
Resetting the memory button has nothing to do with the issue at hand. The memory button is only when you first get into the car it will rememeber your setting or when you push the button on you fob. He said in his post that he turns it off then 10 minute later while driving the AC is on again. It's the Climate control at work
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Originally Posted by Zilla
Resetting the memory button has nothing to do with the issue at hand. The memory button is only when you first get into the car it will rememeber your setting or when you push the button on you fob. He said in his post that he turns it off then 10 minute later while driving the AC is on again. It's the Climate control at work
Some in this thread suggests that it always happens:http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=565615
He may need to check his key fobs or just reset it out of auto mode.
Others' thoughts:http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=896831
I wouldn't be surprised if it were an automatic feature intended to dry the cabin air below a certain ambient temp.
Last edited by JimAgain; Nov 3, 2004 at 07:27 PM.
