2013 Dodge Journey Owner Manual - Page 379

UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL 377 • If fog or mist appears on the windshield or side glass, Recirculation Control select Defrost mode and increase blower speed. When outside air contains smoke, odors, or high humidity, or if rapid cooling is desired, • If your air conditioning performance seems lower than you may wish to recirculate interior air by expected, check the front of the A/C condenser (lopressing the Recirculation control button. The cated in front of the radiator), for an accumulation of dirt or insects. Clean with a gentle water spray from recirculation indicator will illuminate when this button is selected. Push the button a second time to turn off the the front of the radiator and through the condenser. Recirculation mode and allow outside air into the vehicle. MAX A/C NOTE: In cold weather, use of Recirculation mode may MAX A/C sets the control for maximum cooling perfor- lead to excessive window fogging. The recirculation mance. feature may be unavailable (soft button greyed out) if Press and release to toggle between MAX A/C and the conditions exist that could create fogging on the inside of prior settings. The soft-key illuminates when MAX A/C the windshield. The Recirculation mode is not allowed in Defrost mode to improve window clearing operation. is ON. Recirculation will be disabled automatically if these In MAX A/C, the blower level and mode position can be modes are selected. Attempting to use Recirculation adjusted to desired user settings. Pressing other settings while in these modes will cause the LED in the control will cause the MAX A/C operation to switch to the prior button to blink and then turn off. settings and the MAX A/C indicator will turn off. 4