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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Found a Hidden Climate Control Feature

Cleaning my dash, I discovered that when you aren't in the car, and its all off and locked up, you can have the climate control on low at any temp. All you have to do is hit the A/C rest button and it'll turn on at the lowest setting at whatever temp it was last at. That got me thinking of a little project. Seeing as it stays on when you're not there without the keys in it, I bet it'd be nice to leave a little bit of heat on during winter shopping or on cold in summer shopping. Back to my idea. I am going to take advantage of the voltage readings in the service menu and see how much this will drain the battery after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hours on alone. I'll let you know what I find.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Doesnt work for me...
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 09:03 PM
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The rest feature is actually old hat. And not to worry. The car monitors the voltage. The rest feature will not stay activated as long as you think. You might want to STFF MBW and/or read your manual on this.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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I've read the manual like 3 times, but can only remember basics. Anybody have it in PDF?
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I use this feature every winter no issues.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 10:35 PM
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Cleaning my dash, I discovered that when you aren't in the car, and its all off and locked up, you can have the climate control on low at any temp. All you have to do is hit the A/C rest button and it'll turn on at the lowest setting at whatever temp it was last at. That got me thinking of a little project. Seeing as it stays on when you're not there without the keys in it, I bet it'd be nice to leave a little bit of heat on during winter shopping or on cold in summer shopping. Back to my idea. I am going to take advantage of the voltage readings in the service menu and see how much this will drain the battery after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hours on alone. I'll let you know what I find.

what is the rest button?
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 11:14 PM
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what is the rest button?
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 12:59 AM
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I dont recall any of the buttons saying reset?
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That button is not functional on my dash [2005]
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 01:47 AM
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it says a/c off/ REST, and youd think itd be on an 05... weird, maybe different location?
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it says a/c off/ REST, and youd think itd be on an 05... weird, maybe different location?
Found a Hidden Climate Control Feature-w4rax.jpg
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:03 AM
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06 here... dont even have a button there! lol its solid cannot be pushed.

edit hahaha just like yours ^^^^
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:19 AM
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It was removed in later models. Part of the decontenting like removing the puddle lights on the side view mirrors.
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:39 AM
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what year did the rest button get removed? 2004?
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 03'55AMG
what year did the rest button get removed? 2004?
Funny thing is, and I've confirmed this with my MB guy, they never removed the ac/rest buttons for our market, (E55/E63 - W211) ok it would be great to know your outcome with different voltage readings, but the car should have intelligent memory for battery protection against voltage drops.

Also the owners manual comes on a dvd in my E55 W211, nice feature, but nothing beats an old school paper-back Owners manual, read.
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 04:16 AM
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I use it everyday, especially when the pup is in the car and I run in the store and its freezing out
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Well, today ill try to squeeze the 1 and 2 hour runs in, im thinking itll either a;turn off after 30 mins, or b; turn off when the battery isnt capable of running it without being able to start the car
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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The manual says it'll run until the voltage drops to 11v. Then it shuts off.
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Originally Posted by 03'55AMG
what year did the rest button get removed? 2004?
my 06 has it, you can see it on the top of this old pic
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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hmmm. maybe it was an option? idk, nice pic by the way, music video?
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He has a cls... being the first year perhaps they kept the feature.
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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didnt even see that it was a CLS
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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so two same year CLS55s, and yet one doesnt have this button and one does? what options are on your window stickers?
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Originally Posted by 03'55AMG
hmmm. maybe it was an option? idk, nice pic by the way, music video?
Yup, euro comand

Originally Posted by 03'55AMG
so two same year CLS55s, and yet one doesnt have this button and one does? what options are on your window stickers?
Maybe because my car is Canadian spec
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