2010 Jeep Patriot Owner's Manual - Page 280

UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL 279 NOTE: • Air Conditioner Control Press this button to turn on the air • When the ignition switch is turned to the LOCK position, the recirculation feature will be cancelled. conditioning during manual operation only. When the air conditioning is • In cold weather, use of the Recirculation mode may turned on, cool dehumidified air will 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 put the system in recircuinterior air to condense on windows and hamper lation mode. This can be used when outside visibility. For this reason, the system will not allow conditions such as smoke, odors, dust, or high humidity Recirculation to be selected while in floor, defrost, or are present. Activating recirculation will cause the LED in the control button to illuminate. 4