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6.2 Liter Vortec V8
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: North Western MI
Drives: '04 Corvette, '08 CTS
Posts: 2,645
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Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
Dear GM,
Have you ever suddently found yourself driving behind a smoke-belching diesel semi? Thankfully, cars are equipped with a recirculate button to avoid pulling in the outside air. I use my recirculate button in two situations ... the lung-choking exhaust avoidance situation described above, and when the northern Michigan winters are at minus 20 degrees, to recirculate the warmer cabin air for a while. But my GM car likes to argue with me. I press recirculate only to see it flash its silly light at me a few times and refuse to acknowledge my simple request. My car is trying to be smarter than I am, avoiding my request to recirculate cabin air for whatever reason. Maybe it's to avoid a build-up of humidity that might fog my windshield. But, PLEASE, GM ... let me press my friggin' recirculate button when I want to. I'm so, so tired of seeing a black cloud of smelly exhaust ahead of me, pressing 'recirculate', having my car refuse to obey, then gagging on truck exhaust for the next 5 minutes. I might have just a few seconds to make the decision, so I don't want to spend it taking my eyes off the road to perform a thorough review and analysis of my current HVAC settings to ensure that they are 'recirculate' compatible. Just switch to recirculate when I ask, for goodness sake. |
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5.3 Liter LS4 V8
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: 5,059 Miles SE of Dutch Harbor
Drives: 2008 Saturn Aura XE 2.4 I-4
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt
Posts: 3,839
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
What air direction setting are you trying to do this on?
The recirculate will not operate when using floor, floor/window defrost or window defrost. I believe the compressor is on in those settings anyway.
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GMI Staff Member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: France
Drives: 2007 MBK Flipper Scooter
Posts: 12,958
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
Ha! The same people that designed your vehicles recirc function wrote the coding for Microsoft Word! I HATE when stuff like that thinks it's smarter than me... if I tell you to do something, do it, dammit!
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5.3 Liter Vortec V8
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Michigan
Drives: 2007 Saturn Ion, 83 Camaro
Posts: 1,313
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
or if it is acting up, there is probably a reason for it, so pushing the button and getting pissed at it isnt going to help your repair bill. get it fixed and quit complaining, a problem like this will happen with any car. just depends on what is wrong with it. could be something small, could be something major. dont know till its diagnosed.
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6.0 Liter LS2 V8
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Long Island, New York
Posts: 4,429
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
Thank God my GTO's recirculate setting works when needed. One thing that annoyed me about my '02 Explorer was the fact that there was no recirculate option at all. Well, at least I don't have to worry about that anymore.
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5.3 Liter LS4 V8
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: 5,059 Miles SE of Dutch Harbor
Drives: 2008 Saturn Aura XE 2.4 I-4
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt
Posts: 3,839
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
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7.0 Liter LS7 V8
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NC
Drives: 2006 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab Z-71
Posts: 7,624
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
Why are you guys getting so upset over the OP, triple-x?? Someone piss in your Wheaties today?
Whenever I want it to go to recirc, I just hit the fan button once and then hit the recirc. It takes it out of auto and lets me do it. Then after the stench has passed I hit auto again and it return to it's original mode. I'm assuming you have the auto A/C. Oh, and I got ya beat on the smell. Try driving through NC in the spring right after they spread all the chicken crap over the fields. It'll gag a magot!!
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3.6 Liter V6
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,056
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
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6.0 Liter LS2 V8
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Portland, OR
Drives: 2007 Cobalt
Posts: 4,818
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
As irritating as it might be, if it's on defrost or floor/defrost, it could cause the windows to fog up pretty quick. Not very safe, especially since it can take a lot longer to clear it in bad weather.
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6.0 Liter LS2 V8
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Dimondale, MI
Drives: '89 Buick Reatta
Posts: 4,212
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Re: Recirculate cabin air? Oh no you won't!
Um, if it helps, my '92 and '93 Explorers had a MAX AC position but the compressor is controlled independently. I could also put it to floor/defrost without the compressor on
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