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The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« on: June 03, 2013, 06:05:45 pm »
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.


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Re: Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2013, 06:11:46 pm »
Yes its very confusing indeed. 

On mine it goes cooler when turned off.

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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2013, 06:18:10 pm »
Light on=A/C on and Light off=A/C off on mine! :smiley:

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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 06:20:12 pm »
How bizarre, had mine running just now, no light = chilled air, light on = normal air?????
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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2013, 06:29:38 pm »
Light on=A/C on and Light off=A/C off on mine! :smiley:

If you have an AC button. If it's ECON, then it's the opposite.
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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2013, 06:35:18 pm »
Light on=A/C on and Light off=A/C off on mine! :smiley:

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...


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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2013, 06:43:56 pm »
it could be that somebody has replaced the panel at some point for the wrong one? just a though

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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2013, 06:54:00 pm »
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.

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Re: Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2013, 07:01:32 pm »
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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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2013, 07:06:01 pm »
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?


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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2013, 07:10:28 pm »
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

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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2013, 07:11:42 pm »
I was under the impression that the ECON button shut off the A/C compressor

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Re: Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2013, 07:29:07 pm »
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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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2013, 07:48:34 pm »
Mines a 06 jetta with ECON button, light on = warm, light off = cold, very strange config.

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Re: The ECON button - What a confusing little thing
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2013, 08:52:00 pm »
I red the owners manual, mines a 06 plate, econ ON turns the aircon OFF
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