Climate control

ronjlang · 04-16-2005, 02:33 PM

I am a new member of Priuschat and a new owner of a Prius - just 3 weeks old!
Would someone tell me how to operate the climate control so that I have a constant temp. Here in Minnesota the day might start out at 50 degrees (so I need heat) and be 80 degrees in the afternoon (so I need the AC). Is there a way I can have an even 68 degrees under both conditions without having to operate the controls?

DaveinOlyWA · 04-16-2005, 02:45 PM

setting the climate control to automatic on the steering wheel control should do the trick. make sure you remember to set the temp you want.

bookrats · 04-17-2005, 03:31 PM

I agree with Dave; that said, I still find that I tend to move the temperature up and down a bit as the day goes by. (Which can be done from the wheel controls, too.)

Don't know if the reason for that is (a) less than accurate internal cabin thermostat, or (

my body doesn't accurately know when it's in a 72-degree environment. I suspect it may be the latter. (Stupid body!)

gschoen · 04-17-2005, 03:56 PM

When the sun isn't hitting me, I feel cooler even with the same ambient air temperature, sort of a "reverse windchill" effect. At night I set the temp a few degrees higher.

DaveinOlyWA · 04-17-2005, 10:56 PM

yep me too that is why i never use the auto feature. because in the middle of the day, it seems that i need to set it at 68º but later in the evening when the sun isnt beating down on me, then 72º is comfortable.

plus i noticed that air will blast not so cool air when first starting up on a hot day.

04-16-2005, 02:33 PM	#1
ronjlang Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Climate control I am a new member of Priuschat and a new owner of a Prius - just 3 weeks old! Would someone tell me how to operate the climate control so that I have a constant temp. Here in Minnesota the day might start out at 50 degrees (so I need heat) and be 80 degrees in the afternoon (so I need the AC). Is there a way I can have an even 68 degrees under both conditions without having to operate the controls?

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04-16-2005, 02:45 PM	#2
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,378 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 4	setting the climate control to automatic on the steering wheel control should do the trick. make sure you remember to set the temp you want.

04-17-2005, 03:31 PM	#3
bookrats Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 2,843 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I agree with Dave; that said, I still find that I tend to move the temperature up and down a bit as the day goes by. (Which can be done from the wheel controls, too.) Don't know if the reason for that is (a) less than accurate internal cabin thermostat, or ( my body doesn't accurately know when it's in a 72-degree environment. I suspect it may be the latter. (Stupid body!)

04-17-2005, 03:56 PM	#4
gschoen Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago/Wrigleyville Posts: 339 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	When the sun isn't hitting me, I feel cooler even with the same ambient air temperature, sort of a "reverse windchill" effect. At night I set the temp a few degrees higher.

04-17-2005, 10:56 PM	#5
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,378 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 4	yep me too that is why i never use the auto feature. because in the middle of the day, it seems that i need to set it at 68º but later in the evening when the sun isnt beating down on me, then 72º is comfortable. plus i noticed that air will blast not so cool air when first starting up on a hot day.