2008 Dodge Grand Caravan Owner Manual - Page 314

312 UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL NOTE: • It is not necessary to move the temperature settings for cold or hot vehicles. The system automatically adjusts the temperature, mode and fan speed to provide comfort as quickly as possible. • The temperature can be displayed in U.S. or Metric by selecting the US/M customer programmable feature. Refer to the "Customer Programmable Features" in Section 3 of this manual. To provide you with maximum comfort in the automatic mode, during cold start-ups, the blower fan will remain on low and the DELAY symbol will appear in the front ATC display until the engine warms up. The fan will engage immediately if the DEFROST mode is selected or by rotating the blower control to any fixed blower speed. Manual Operation This system offers a full complement of manual override features. The AUTO symbol in the front ATC display will be turned off when the system is being used in the manual mode. NOTE: Each of these features operate independently from each other. If any one feature is controlled manually, the remaining features will continue to operate automatically. The left blower control knob can be set to any fixed blower speed by pressing the upper front blower rocker button. The fan will now operate at a fixed speed until additional speeds are selected. This allows the front occupants to control the volume of air circulated in the vehicle and cancel the AUTO mode. The operator can also select the direction of the selecting one of the following positions.