gareth60

All,

Question. I have noticed that on a lot of adverts that some of the last 2.0 sti's say that they have climate control? Is this the case.

I have a 2002 sti, but it's just aircon.

Cheers

mike2.5subaru

Hi, 05 spec sheet says Auto Climate Control and so dose the 06 spec sheet.

Criss

Same thing I think, just a yank word for aircon. Or is it?!

white

I would take Climate Control as 'Auto Air Con' ie you set it at a temperature and it automatically controls the fans etc to ensure that temp is maintained.

donutman

i thought that climate should keep the car at a set tempature, i.e 20deg. where air con just blows as cold or hot as it is set.

redxiii

My 02 STi has climate control, ie it's the AUTO on the fan speed dial. theres a sunlight sensor on the dash in the middle near the screen and a temp sensor to the right of the temp dial. It will alter the fan speed in an attempt to keep a regular cabin temp, note I say attempt.

Criss

Mine has the auto switch too on my classic. Works very well, always seems to keep me at the right temp!

gubby

Climate control is a waste of time anyway.

It just keeps the fan blasting away endlessly, trying to get the cabin temperature dowm to where it cant reach.

Just set the air con and it works well enough.

redxiii

A-ha,yours is the same as mine then

gubby

Yup.......... A scooby can't be totally perfect can it?

gareth60

Proper climate control turns off the compressor when the desired temperature is reached. My wife's car has climate, my 2002 sti does not, just a auto switch which adjusts the fan speed.

GREGGYG

iTrader: (2)

The auto switch on a 2002 sti should keep the temp the same in the car, you should feel it not getting too hot or too cool, depending of course where you have the temp switch. It's actually called 'semi-automatic air conditioning'. The auto switch is effective. The difference with climate control is the car will usually have a digital display of the temperature, the scooby system comes very close to climate control, bar the digital temp display, that's all!

Tuts

Mine as above.

If I get a bit enthusiastic and set the temp too low it just goes full bore in a futile attempt to chill the car that low. The air coming out is actually cold but it just doesnt seem enough to ever slow the fan. I have to turn the temp up a tad to sort it. By the way if you set it on the actual blue dot i think this just means blow as cold as you can for ever, even if it is on auto. If you set it one click up so it is on the actual temperature scale then it seems to work.

Wonder if a regas would help it be more efficient. It is a 53wrx anyone know if there is a better gas you can use?

redxiii

My owners manual calls it Climate control so I guess the 05 STi has the same if thats Subarus definition of Climate control.
I'm not sure auto setting doesn't control the compressor, although I don't know either way, I know the compressor will switch on and off dependant on throttle position so it would seem bizzare if they then didn't control it by cabin temp aswell.

jasonius

iTrader: (1)

It is a genuine climate control (on MY05> anyhow) and mine works very well at cooling the cabin as proven in the recent HOT weather..!

Maybe some of you need a re-gas..?

IMO the only area that the system is a bit iffy is the way it effects low speed driving, ie car drives like it's on 3cyl..! Hence why I only have it on when it's absolutely baking hot..!

Elmer Fudpucker

If you press and hold the ventilation button,on release it flashes for a few seconds.

I thought that activated the climate control

speedking

Would it help to cool the cabin if you set the ventilation to recirculate? You would be pumping cooler air (so long as the cabin is cooler than ambient) through the cooling system. Or would it not be more effective?

WRXewl

iTrader: (1)

Yes it would help as i tried it on my UK 2002 Sti. As soon as I pressed the recirc button the air blasting out was a lot colder

jasonius

iTrader: (1)

This is correct (something I'd forgot about..!) just read manual and both ventilation and temp buttons can be pressed for a few seconds until the light flashes twice. This fully automates both recirculation of cabin air and use of compressor.. Pressing them again cancels this function.

Would explain why some of you have the fan blasting away all the time, must be in semi auto mode..?