How do I turn off A/C when defog is on?

[Fast02]

Anyone have any insight on this?

[STP03BlueSI]

Hit the AC button?:confused:

[andy]

Originally posted by STP03BlueSI
Hit the AC button?:confused:

Haha...yeah, just hit the AC button after you hit defrost. Sort of
annoying, but not that big of a deal. I think if you have it on
"hot", having the AC on won't hurt anything. A friend the other night
swore up and down that having the AC on and it turned to "hot" was the
proper way to heat up the car...

[Fast02]

ummmmm....yea-I've tried that and it won't go off!!:(

[03SiGuy]

i have found that the defrost works much better with the ac button on.

[Fast02]

But when the A/C is on don't you lose power/acceleration?

[03SiGuy]

Originally posted by Fast02
But when the A/C is on don't you lose power/acceleration?

yea you do lose power but its doesnt take that long to defrost you car. at leats mine it doesnt.

[ek9jdmhb]

check your manual. theres a certain way how to do that

[Mighty_Mouse]

Seems that no one knows what he's talking about. Just search around (not in the manual). There's a key-press technique that must be done to allow the AC to be turned off manually when the defroster is selected. Something like turn all knobs to the left, depress recirc then turn the ignition to on, or something. I blew the salesman away when I showed him the trick just before driving off the lot.

[Fast02]

Thank you Mighty Mouse

[STP03BlueSI]

Originally posted by Mighty_Mouse
Seems that no one knows what he's talking about. Just search around (not in the manual). There's a key-press technique that must be done to allow the AC to be turned off manually when the defroster is selected. Something like turn all knobs to the left, depress recirc then turn the ignition to on, or something. I blew the salesman away when I showed him the trick just before driving off the lot.

damn thats cool. i am gonna try that. but then again i never use my rear defroster. i have limo tint on the back, and dont really want to destroy it.:(

[Mighty_Mouse]

We're talking about the front defroster.

[DoMahMeGok]

wow we can turn off the ac when its on defrost? I always tried but it would never go off so I just got use to it.

[Mighty_Mouse]

Yup, absolutely the first thing that I did when I got into my new car. Search here, but I think that I found it at k-series.

[superhatch]

Back from the dead...but this was killin me!

What you will need: Two Fingers

Time Needed: 10 seconds.

Annoyed with how you can't turn off the A/C when you turn to defog? Here's the override (realize that A/C expediates the defog process).

These steps are taken from a discussion thread on 2k1civic.com


Turn Car Off
Turn Temperature Knob To Full Blue (All the way to the left - Counter-Clock Wise)
Turn Vent Knob To Off (All the way to the left - Counter-Clock Wise)
Hold Down Air Recirculation Button As Well As A/C Button
Keep Both Buttons Depressed and Start Car
Keep Both Buttons Depressed for 7 Seconds
*AC LIGHT SHOULD BLINK*

You will now have control of your A/C regardless of what setting you are in, to revert back, simply repeat the procedue.

[Sir1982]

There is also a DIY on this... :mbiggrin:

[bunk]

Turn Car Off
Turn Temperature Knob To Full Blue (All the way to the left - Counter-Clock Wise)
Turn Vent Knob To Off (All the way to the left - Counter-Clock Wise)
Hold Down Air Recirculation Button As Well As A/C Button
Keep Both Buttons Depressed and Start Car
Keep Both Buttons Depressed for 7 Seconds
*AC LIGHT SHOULD BLINK*

You will now have control of your A/C regardless of what setting you are in, to revert back, simply repeat the procedue.

Yep, that's it.

[fatathaland]

That's weird in my car I've always been able to turn off the A/C when I turn on the defrost. In fact, I usually have to turn it on!!

Grass is greener, gentleman.

[27rocks]

interesting :mredface:. Im going to do this today because that has always bugged me

[bunk]

Grass is greener, gentleman.

I bet you that my grass is greener... and my bird's fly higher.

[mario543k20]

wow holy shit... i never even thought to look this up... i just figured there was no way possible to turn the a/c off/. good stuff

[eunsangie]

i wonder if this will work with any honda...
gotta see if my s2k works the same.

[Ep3T0n3y]

lol i did this mod like.... 2 years ago. AC hasent been on since. :mbiggrin:

[superhatch]

There is also a DIY on this... :mbiggrin:


Doh...I'll have to search for it again :P

[rsy124]

Yep, that's it.

+1 :mcool:

[nightrider2002]

Another thing to mention is to make sure you do not have it set on defrost when you are doing the steps listed or it will not work.

[hyjnx]

lol i did this mod like.... 2 years ago. AC hasent been on since. :mbiggrin:

right there with ya...ever since i did it i dont really use it and im happy i can use the defrost sans AC

[Johnny]

Isn't the A/C suppose to help the defrost process??

[c_law23]

mine still kicks on the a/c when i turn to defrost but its able to turn off now... which is awesome and all but i wish the a/c wouldnt engage at all when i turn back to defrost...

the compressor kicking on even for the split second while driving down the road is still pretty annoying. but at least its better than before.. thanks for the info