Air cond too cold

[mhh]

My Mk 6 118 TSi has an air conditioning problem - on sunny but mild days, it is freezing in the cabin, even if I turn the controls to say 24 degrees. My dealer (Solitaire) says it is a known problem but they are waiting on a fix.

Anyone else have this?

[SilvrFoxX]

Have a trawl through this

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...lem-63856.html

[mhh]

Have a trawl through this

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...lem-63856.html

Thanks - I'm hoping VW come up with a fix. It sounds like lazy engineering to me.

[epicmac]

I have the same issue in my GTD. I've turned it up so far to try and ease the cooling that it has switched to heat. Frozen to cooked.

[fully]

lol call me weird but i love how cold it is

[SilvrFoxX]

lol call me weird but i love how cold it is

weird.. no.. a corpse.. yes

[jords]

I too have the same issue. So I removed the sensor on top of the dash and stuck some black tape to the inside. We will see how it goes.

[warped_foobie]

Keep us posted! my GTI has been doing the same thing and I'm keen to know if it's that bloody sensor....

Cheers!

[epicmac]

No sensor visible on my dash. I wonder if they're using the light sensor for the auto lights?

[jords]

It's in the centre on top of the dash between the air vents for the screen. I thought it may be the sensor for the auto lights, but after adding some black tape to the inside, the cooling is definitely a lot better. Today I had the temp set at 22 (was 24 outside) and the fan started on four bars (as the car was warm after sitting in the sun for a bit), then went down to three after 5 mins or so, before settling on two bars. Cabin temp was comfortable. Previously it would stay on 4 bars and blast cold air out forever and I would end up turning the air con off it got that cold. (oh, and the auto lights still function as they did before the mod).