A/C vs. ECON - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

stanno · 04-08-2009, 08:44 AM

Kinda feel like a noob asking this, but what's the difference between these air conditioning features can't say i notice any difference ??

Mike Gerber · 04-08-2009, 03:10 PM

The ECON feature slows down the compressor just a bit, and is intended to improve fuel economy when using the a/c. I had this feature on an 86 Camry I owned, but I could never see any difference in the fuel economy using this setting. YMMV.

Mike

stanno · 04-09-2009, 08:29 AM

thanks mike. ur response is close to what i suspected, although i thought it would allow the compressor's clutch to be disengaged more often to reduce the engine load. maybe it's even the same thing. well thanks all the same

Carcrazy1 · 04-11-2009, 02:47 PM

The ECON feature has really helped me increased my mileage....