Not fast enough to keep ICE off.

Lower the temp setting before you shut it off, it should hold the setting when you turn it back on.

 

same thing happened to me tonite. i wonder if there's a tech reason why you can't change the temp with the fan off. i think you get a few seconds from ready until the ice fires. that's not enough for my brain.

 

i think so. it might depend on how high the temp is set and how fast your fingers are.

 

I would imagine that as long as Lo is higher than the outside temp, having the fan on is going to start the ICE to pull the temp of the interior up to the Lo setting.

 

the workaround is to put the car into ON mode first, adjust the temp, and then actually start.
(in case you don't know what ON is, it's when you press the START button twice with NO foot on the brake pedal)

 

no. low is off. unless it's actually zero degrees. i run the fan all the time on foot/defrost and the ice nevr fires. move it up to 65 and it kicks right in.

 

now that's clever!

 

I'll find out tomorrow, I left it on low when I got out of the car tonight.

 

also remember, the ICE can start at random with heater in LO entirely OFF. Mine has done this twice now on COLD mornings.

As per the manual...the ICE may start when the hybrid system is too cold. To avoid this action it helps to have car finish charging just before you drive.

I know this is a separate subject but thought i should post.

Dan

 

I don't have a PiP, but I wish that they would change the Temp Control Off switch to just a Temp Control switch. One press on, the next press off. This way you can have your presets (fan speed & temp) and just toggle them with this switch. For instance, if you are in HV mode and just want to get some heat, you just press the Temp Control switch for a minute or two. Then when you don't want it you press it again. No fiddling with the fan speed or temp setting adjustments.

 

agreed. funny how they give the fan an off switch so you can leave it at the same number of bars but not the temp.

 

The system was on low when I took off and the engine stayed off, but about 10 minutes later, the ICE did come on.

 

just leave climate control off, ICE won't come on then

 

Just an experiment. I'm not into freezing my rear off, I did enough of that with VW diesels.

 

use the seat warmers

 

interesting, what was the air temp? went out tonite, 31 degrees,temp on low and fan off. ice never came on. after 1/2 hour or so, turned the fan on and raised the temp, ice kicked right in. turned the temp down a little later and the ice shut off.