2012 GLK 350 Ventilation Setting -- Is There One?
08-09-2018, 05:50 PM
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2012 GLK 350 Ventilation Setting -- Is There One?
Greetings fellow members! This is my first post here. I recently bought a 2012 GLK 350 and am stumped about how to get plain old outside air into the cabin without rolling down the windows. I think the vehicle I bought has few, if any options besides heated seats, so the climate control is the standard dual zone type (no split buttons in the center of the temp controls), and it has no sunroof to crack open.
This car replaced a C240, which had a button to "rest" the compressor and allow fresh outside air into the cabin for ventilation. I can't find anything in the GLK owner's manual that advises on how to accomplish this. Do I have to keep the climate control on all the time? That would be disappointing, but I suppose I could learn to live with it and adapt, as I have with the default "E" setting for the transmission.
Thanks for any advice on this.
Ralph
This car replaced a C240, which had a button to "rest" the compressor and allow fresh outside air into the cabin for ventilation. I can't find anything in the GLK owner's manual that advises on how to accomplish this. Do I have to keep the climate control on all the time? That would be disappointing, but I suppose I could learn to live with it and adapt, as I have with the default "E" setting for the transmission.
Thanks for any advice on this.
Ralph
08-09-2018, 07:08 PM
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I don't drive our GLK very much (it is the wife's baby), but IIRC, you can turn on the ventilation system, then push the "AC" button to turn off the compressor. That should leave you with just outside air circulating in the cabin.
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rp2813 (08-18-2018)
08-10-2018, 01:07 PM
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As far as I'm aware, all climate control settings are fresh air by default. You have to press the recirc button to NOT get fresh air. So pick a setting, set a temperature you like, and you get fresh air.
08-11-2018, 02:58 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I did try turning on the fan, but the "Auto" indicator lit up when I did that, which engages the compressor. IIRC, pressing the "Auto" button after hitting the fan button (I don't think there's an actual AC button) shut everything down. I'll play with it a little more.
On the C240, switching the fan on overrides the automatic system, but it won't necessarily cut off the compressor. Only the "EC/REST" button can do that.
On the C240, switching the fan on overrides the automatic system, but it won't necessarily cut off the compressor. Only the "EC/REST" button can do that.
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rp2813 (08-18-2018)
08-14-2018, 04:43 AM
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Steve's advice was spot-on. I activated the system by hitting the fan button. That made the "Auto" light turn on. I hit "Auto" again and then only the fan speed indicator was displayed and the "A/C" button was lit, so this is just a variation on the C240's system. I hit the "A/C" button and its light went out, so with that I achieved fan-only ventilation.
After that, I re-read the descriptions of the HVAC controls in the owner's manual and the verbiage about the "A/C" button suddenly made sense, but they certainly could have gone with a better choice of terms.
Anyway, thanks again for the replies. I've got it figured out now.
After that, I re-read the descriptions of the HVAC controls in the owner's manual and the verbiage about the "A/C" button suddenly made sense, but they certainly could have gone with a better choice of terms.
Anyway, thanks again for the replies. I've got it figured out now.
