2010 Dodge Nitro Owner Manual - Page 285

284 UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL NOTE: • Air Conditioner Control Press this button to turn on the air • When the ignition switch is turned to the LOCK conditioning during manual operation position, the recirculation feature will be cancelled. only. When the air conditioning is turned on, cool dehumidified air will • In cold weather, use of the Recirculation mode may lead to excessive window fogging. The Recirculation flow through the outlets selected with mode is not allowed in the floor, defrost, or defrost/ the Mode control dial. Press this butfloor mode in order to improve window clearing. ton a second time to turn OFF the air Recirculation will be disabled automatically if these conditioning. An LED in the button illuminates when modes are selected. manual compressor operation is selected. • Extended use of recirculation may cause the windows • Recirculation Control to fog. If the interior of the windows begins to fog, The system will automatically control recircupress the Recirculation button to return to outside air. lation. However, pressing the Recirculation Some temp/humidity conditions will cause captured Control button will temporarily put the system interior air to condense on windows and hamper in recirculation mode (ten minutes). This can visibility. For this reason, the system will not allow be used when outside conditions such as smoke, odors, Recirculation to be selected while in floor, defrost, or dust, or high humidity are present. Activating recirculadefrost/floor mode. Attempting to use the recirculation will cause the LED in the control button to illumition while in these modes will cause the LED in the nate. After ten minutes, the system will return to normal control button to blink and then turn off. AUTO mode function and the LED will turn off.