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The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
Dubbin:
Are you sure your AC is working i.e. in either switch position does your air get really chilled? You say that you turn the heater control down to LO so you may be just getting colder air from the outside. AC compressors are common failures on these cars.
alexmccabe:
I turn the dial to LO then it blows cold-ish air. If I then press the ECON button so that the light is illuminated, it blows even colder air. This is why it's so confusing. Heh.
Scrubadub:
sounds like your air con aint working.
Kalpsn2000:
I was confused at first as the 'normal' way on most cars is, light on = AC on but as others have said the ECON light on = AC off.
Basically it works as AC default on and you press the 'economy button' to turn it off. But this obviously confused people so VW changed it to the standard AC button in the later models.
OP if you're getting colder air with the ECON light on then there could be a fault with your AC system/compressor.
alexmccabe:
Now here is a interesting development...it didn't blow cold air either way today. So that was great driving home in 24° heat... hah.
We've established it is screwed, so where do I go from here?
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