Golf MKVI Air Conditioning

[cameronp]

you guys have it cranked up too high, mine is always on 20 or 21..

I think I'd freeze my balls off with the air-con set to 20. (See also: that thread on the Golf being a girl's car... :-p)

[Brendan_A]

you guys have it cranked up too high, mine is always on 20 or 21..

I usually would have it set to that temp. But last sunday all it would do is blow cold air untill i put it on Hi hot and then it was just way too hot! It had no in between. Had it checked out on Tuesday and there was no faults showing and it has been working ok ever since sunday.

[G-rig]

I usually would have it set to that temp. But last sunday all it would do is blow cold air untill i put it on Hi hot and then it was just way too hot! It had no in between. Had it checked out on Tuesday and there was no faults showing and it has been working ok ever since sunday.

Sounds strange..

In winter i usually go up to 22-23 but don't see how people can have it on 25 (then again i'm fairly hot blooded and haven't really put on a jumper yet this year).

[Finance_Analyst]

On my mk6 GTI, I usually set this to 22 degrees. I just got a Lexus IS250 used and notice that the same temperature is much cooler with the A/C. Does anyone else notice their A/C is a bit weak? Or is the lexus just an arctic freeze? My folks Honda Civic is the same - A/C at 22 degrees is way cooler than the GTI.

[Candyman]

True but the GTI is "hot", the other two just "cold"

The VW climatronics have never been that good in terms of climate control or temperature accuracy

[Finance_Analyst]

Still it seems weird based on what I read here that 22 degrees in a VW is and feels so different to 22 degrees in a Lexus/Honda.

Whilst the VW may sell it as 'constant/variable etc', it seems that it is just a poorer system. Even my old Mercedes had far far better A/C.

[pologti18t]

Where does the climate control measure the "temp"? The temp setting is just that... something you can adjust to being comfortable and leave. The climate control should then try its best to maintain whatever "21C" actually means.

[AdamD]

Still it seems weird based on what I read here that 22 degrees in a VW is and feels so different to 22 degrees in a Lexus/Honda.

My previous car (Honda Accord Euro CL9) had exactly the same problems, and for the most part 22 in the Euro felt like 22 in the Golf. Getting these things right is not a given - sensor placement, interior air dynamics, the car's propensity to heat up and cool down quickly (dependent on windows and shapes) can all play a part before you even think about programming the system to pump air at the right temperature.

[Tobes_WIR35]

You guys are mad. Mine is almost always set to 25oC. Sometimes 24. But then again, this is Qld.

I've found the A.C. to be very good. But then again I'm not a penguin

[Tobes_WIR35]

Not too sure where the temp sensor is on the GTI, but in buildings it's fairly common to have the temp sensor in the return air duct. That would also make sense for a car because it would take a broader sample