The ECON button - What a confusing little thing

[alexmccabe]

I've always wondered what the ECON button did. I have been using it as this: push it (light comes on) and car gets colder. Press the button to turn the light off and car gets warmer.

After a little research I discovered that the car always has Air-Con on unless you press the ECON button. But here is where I am confused; When the light is illuminated on the button, the blowers blow out colder air, when according to everything I've read, the opposite should be true.

When I use it I turn the heater controls all the way down to LO then press the button to make the light illuminate.

Any insights? I am thoroughly confused by this.

[RetroRaz]

Yes its very confusing indeed. 

On mine it goes cooler when turned off.

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[sanj]

Light on=A/C on and Light off=A/C off on mine!

[Santaslonecruzer]

How bizarre, had mine running just now, no light = chilled air, light on = normal air?????

[Luka]

Light on=A/C on and Light off=A/C off on mine!

If you have an AC button. If it's ECON, then it's the opposite.

[alexmccabe]

Light on=A/C on and Light off=A/C off on mine!

If you have an AC button. If it's ECON, then it's the opposite.

See that is the thing that is confusing me. That is all I have read, but mine operates opposite to this...

[danfalcon]

it could be that somebody has replaced the panel at some point for the wrong one? just a though

[RENNTAG]

Yes is confusing. My mate has just bought a 57 plate car and I noticed the button says Aircon so maybe VW changed this as it was confusing. Makes more sense in his car.

[torque777]

The eco button was changed between 2006 - 2007 to say A/C ...so if yours says econ and you press it the air con is off ...if it works the other way round you either have an incorrect pannel and should have one with A/C on or theres a fault somwhere

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[alexmccabe]

It's a 55 plate car, so definitely in the era of ECON. I don't know. I don't suppose there is a way to find out if it was originally ECON do you?

[Polo6n1600i]

My 53 plate Touran had an econ button (a/c on all the time unless you pressed the econ button / same with the winter webasto pre-heater)

My 57 plate jetta says a/c (light on, a/c on) - I did wonder about that

[howler]

I was under the impression that the ECON button shut off the A/C compressor

[torque777]

I would say it should have eco button ..our 56 plate jetta has econ button and my 57 plate golf has A/C button ..and I had the same talk with the other half as when it got warm she pressed the econ button thinking it turned the A/C on but it blew warm when light was on and she thought it needed re gassing ...lol

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[Dannyboy88]

Mines a 06 jetta with ECON button, light on = warm, light off = cold, very strange config.

[Scrubadub]

I red the owners manual, mines a 06 plate, econ ON turns the aircon OFF