gen5 a/c heater on all the time?

[tinman831]

i've got a question for those of you with gen 5 camrys. i was driving my mothers' camry the other day and when i noticed that there was some warm air coming from the vents even though i had turned off the heater. it also does this in the summer when i just turn off the a/c, i can feel air still coming through the vents. i was just wondering if this was normal for gen5 camry's or should i bring it into the dealer to have them look at it?

[grapefury]

it happens to my car too

[Fresco Bob]

i havn't noticed on the gen 5, but on the gen 3 i know heat continues to come out of the vents even when its turned all the way off. you can hardly feel it coming out, but its still there, we would just turn "heating" knob to a bit colder setting so it wouldn't continue to get to hot inside

[alex]

this answer to this is simple:

your air is set on fresh air......so its like a ram air....did you notice that the faster you drive the faster the air comes in? its just being pushed in there because the vent is on the outside.

if you close that and turn it to "recirculate" you will notice that no air gets in at all.....because it closed the outside vent and its just recirculating the air inside the cabin.

[Fresco Bob]

^thats usuing yur head for more that a hat rack

[alex]

[csaxon]

Fresco Bob I get little red x's on your pictures and can't get them to show. Is there a setting I need to change? Thanks

[Your Uncle Moe]

Dammit alex, u beat me to it. I had the same answer.

[tinman831]

hey alex... that makes sense. i'm gonna test that out the next time i get a hold of her car. thanks!

[Yanahdi]

Originally posted by alex
this answer to this is simple:

your air is set on fresh air......so its like a ram air....did you notice that the faster you drive the faster the air comes in? its just being pushed in there because the vent is on the outside.

if you close that and turn it to "recirculate" you will notice that no air gets in at all.....because it closed the outside vent and its just recirculating the air inside the cabin.

very well put.
It's actually pretty nifty when its cold out and you don't wanna turn on your fan. In my car turning the fan on sometimes blows too much even on the lowest setting. It gives me a nice warm breeze with just the vent on warm fresh air when I'm cruising down the highway w/o using the a/c or the fans.

[Fresco Bob]

Originally posted by csaxon
Fresco Bob I get little red x's on your pictures and can't get them to show. Is there a setting I need to change? Thanks

naw, its my fault, i linked the pics from a site instead of hosting them myself, and i guess theres a problem with the site, so they dont show up.