Polo 6R A/C Questions

[Zakarados]

Hi Guys,

I am a little confused at how the Air Conditioner settings work in the Polo GTi 6R.

1. The owners manual advises to only use the air recycle function when necessary due to no fresh air coming into the cabin. Sounds inefficient to be sucking 35 degrees air from outside then cooling it to 18 degrees. Standard practice from every car I have been in has to use recycle air once the air inside the car is cooler than outside.

2. This might be due to point 1, but AUTO mode will only work when air recycle if off.

3. When in manual mode, the fan speed changes intermittently, shouldn't that be an AUTO feature?

4. Related to point 3, when in AUTO the fan speed does not change (only tested this on a 10 minute drive).

5. Is having the A/C controller switched off (by twisting the fan sleep anti clockwise while fan speed is on zero) the same as having fan speed on zero?

I wonder if anyone else experiences these issues, or do I have a faulty A/C controller.