Climate features
Press the lower right corner on the touchscreen to access your climate control features. Depending on your vehicle line and option package, your climate screen may look different from the screen shown here.
A. Power: Touch to switch the system off and on. Outside air cannot enter
your vehicle when you switch off the system.
B. Passenger settings:
• Touch DUAL to switch on the passenger temperature control.
• Touch + or – to adjust the temperature.
• Touch the heated seat icon to control the heated seat.
• Touch the cooled seat icon to control the cooled seat.
C. Fan speed: Touch + or – to adjust fan speed.
D. Rear: Touch to access the rear climate control. Rear climate control settings
appear at the bottom of the screen.
• Touch the power icon to turn the rear climate control functions off and on.
• Touch Rear Control to allow the rear seat passengers to adjust the rear
climate settings. Touch it again to prevent the rear seat passengers from adjusting
the settings. Rear Control automatically turns off when you use the touchscreen
to adjust the rear climate settings.
• Touch + or – to adjust the temperature.
• To adjust fan speed, touch + or – next to the fan icon.
• Touch Rear again to close the rear controls. Closing the rear climate control
functions does not affect their current settings.
E. Recirculated air: Touch to turn the recirculated air on or off which:
• May reduce the amount of time needed to cool down the interior.
• May help reduce odors from reaching the interior.
• Engages automatically when MAX A/C is selected.
• May be engaged manually in any airflow mode except defrost.
• May turn off in all airflow modes except MAX A/C to reduce fog potential.
F. MAX A/C: Touch to cool your vehicle with recirculated air. Touch again for normal A/C operation. MAX A/C:
• Distributes air through instrument panel vents.
• Is more economical and efficient than normal A/C mode.
• May help reduce odors from entering your vehicle.
G. A/C: Touch to turn the air conditioning on or off.
• Use with recirculated air to improve cooling performance and efficiency.
• Engages automatically in MAX A/C, defrost and floor/defrost.
H. AUTO: Touch to engage automatic operation, then set the temperature
using the temperature control. The system automatically controls:
• Fan speed
• Airflow distribution
• A/C on or off
• Outside or recirculated air.
I. Rear defroster: Touch to turn the rear window defroster and heated
mirrors.
J. Defrost: Touch to clear the windshield of fog and thin ice. Touch again
to return to the previous airflow selection. When on, defrost:
• Provides outside air to reduce window fogging.
• Distributes air through the windshield defroster vents and demister vents.
K. Manual controls: Select any of the following airflow distribution modes:
• Floor and Defrost: Distributes air through the windshield defroster
vents, demister vents, floor vents and rear seat floor vents, and provides outside
air to reduce window fogging.
• Panel: Distributes air through the instrument panel vents.
• Panel and Floor: Distributes air through the instrument panel
vents, demister vents, floor vents and rear seat floor vents.
• Floor: Distributes air through the demister vents, floor vents and rear
seat floor vents.
L. Driver settings: Depending on your vehicle and option package, you may have the following features:
• Touch + or – to adjust the temperature.
• If your vehicle is equipped with heated seats, touch the heated seat icon to control
the heated seat. See the Seats chapter.
• If your vehicle is equipped with cooled seats, touch the cooled seat icon to control
the cooled seat. See the Seats chapter.
• Touch and hold MyTemp to select a temperature you would like your vehicle to remember
and maintain for you.
Climate Control Voice Commands
The following voice commands are available at the main menu level of a voice session. For example, press the voice button and after the prompt, “Say a command”; say any of the following commands:
There are additional climate control commands but in order to access them, you have to say “Climate” first, then when the system is ready to listen, you may say any of the following commands
*If you have said “Temperature”, you can say any of the commands in the following “Temperature” chart.
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