I have a 72 plate 1.0 TSI 110 with standard manual air con. 

I have noticed when I switch on the ignition lately that 9 times out of 10 the Air Recirculation is on (with the air con on) when it was off when car last switched off. 

Anyone else noticed this? Not a great big deal and not really worth a special trip to the dealer until due for a service, just mildly annoying.

Maybe a temperature-related 'feature'? Deliberate?

 

See what others with same car say. A failure so early in the car's life seems unlikely. 

 

Have never had this issue before on any other car. It just seems to come on by itself when you switch on the ignition.

A fault can develop at any time.

OK, just trying to help. 

Recirculation is initiated when reverse gear selected, and also when windscreen washers operated, and possibility some other reasons as indicated above.

1 hour ago, Breezy_Pete said:

OK, just trying to help. 

Wasn't having a go mate.

Just a thought but you have got the car in "ECO" mode, if so that be the reason as it would use less energy to cool the internal air rather than trying to cool down a constant stream of hot air?

Edited 15 June, 20232 yr by Graham Butcher

1 minute ago, Graham Butcher said:

Just a thought but you have got the car in "ECO" mode, if so that be the reason as it would use less energy to cool the internal air rather than trying to cool down a constant stream of hot air?

Hi Graham, the SE model doesn't have any mode options (I know what you mean, used to have a Leon with eco,normal and sport). 

7 hours ago, Kenny R said:

Recirculation is initiated when reverse gear selected, and also when windscreen washers operated, and possibility some other reasons as indicated above.

On my 2018 1.0 TSI Fabia, essentially the same control panel, this is how it works.

If you turn the temperature knob fully anticlockwise to the max cold position then the recirculation will come on. It says this in the manual.

In this position the recirc will always come on when the aircon is turned on even if you have turned it off during a previous drive.

If you don't want this to happen then you need to leave the temperature control knob about 5 to 10 degrees away from the max cold stop.  It doesn't affect the temperature.

Try it and see.

9 hours ago, JXS said:

On my 2018 1.0 TSI Fabia, essentially the same control panel, this is how it works.

If you turn the temperature knob fully anticlockwise to the max cold position then the recirculation will come on. It says this in the manual.

In this position the recirc will always come on when the aircon is turned on even if you have turned it off during a previous drive.

If you don't want this to happen then you need to leave the temperature control knob about 5 to 10 degrees away from the max cold stop.  It doesn't affect the temperature.

Try it and see.

Hi JXS, went out to try it and bang on. Thanks very much (will teach me to read the manual 😀).