Weird things I learned about the recirculating air feature

[TorqueWrenchUSA]

Well this is a bummer. I live in an area that has seen an increase in skunk population in the suburbs I live in. And the last thing I want is for the recirc to randomly turn off at the worst possible time.

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[Big Kahuna]

So now that I know this is a thing I messed around with it a ton today to see if I can figure anything out

• With max AC ON the recirc will stay on - however if you do max AC and hit the defrost setting it will turn off the max AC and the recir
• With MAX AC in the maverick you can't adjust temp which is different for me vs some older cars where even in the max AC setting you could still adjust temp gauge independently. Not sure I can think of a time you'd need to but if you do MAX AC it goes to LOW on the temp.
• The recirculation button will shut off on it's own and I can not figure out a rhyme or reason to how or when it will decide to turn off. With the foot vent selected it stayed on for a while but then turned off when I wasn't looking. Another time I set it to the dash vent and it went off after about 5 minutes.
• AC on or AC off it will still shut off when it wants to - it seems like with the AC off it stays on longer and is less likely to shut off than with the AC on.

So in conclusion if you press the recirculation button it's like a box of chocolates....you don't know what you're going to get. If you're in traffic behind a stinky garbage truck and you close the windows and turn the AC on and hit recirculation just be aware the car might decide to turn it off whenever it wants

Perhaps because I'm in the PNW and we have higher humidity right now it is trying not to fog my windows but I seriously have no idea how to figure out when it will stay on or shut off.

 

[Bushpilot]

Ford has done this for a long time. My previous 2005 Focus did it.

 

[Tiger Dude]

I think there is a humidity sensor in there. Every car I've had for the past 20 yrs turns off recirc for the defrost since they're assuming it's cold out and heat doesn't take humidity out of the air. It's probably a safety and lisbility thing. "Ford made me crash by not turning off recirc and my window fogged up!?" The older cars I had before that told you to do it yourself.

 

[captredbeard]

I am glad I am not the only one going crazy, not happy I can't force it to stay in the mode I tell it, this wildfire smoke is not fun!

 

[Red Ryder]

Well this is a bummer. I live in an area that has seen an increase in skunk population in the suburbs I live in. And the last thing I want is for the recirc to randomly turn off at the worst possible time.

Yes!

In skunk mating season, there is roadkill everywhere in my area. In fact, my wife (when riding as a passenger), knows to "batten down the hatches" when dead skunks are sighted ahead, meaning to reconfigure for re-circulation.

 

[fossil]

I'm a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, what am I?

 

[Red Ryder]

I'm a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, what am I?

I don't think my answer is the clever punchline, but my early morning guess is CO (carbon monoxide).

 

[Montykeel]

It's not a Ford thing they're all like that now. We have relinquished control to the machines.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

 

[Montykeel]

I'm a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, what am I?

Water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, various nitrogen oxides.

 

[Brown0]

Recirculation forced off has been a common thing in all of my vehicles since my 1997 Dodge Neon. We produce water vapor by respiration, which eventually can get to the level of the windows fogging up when it's cool out. Forcing recirculation off [and also forcing the A/C compressor to run] ensures that fresh air is mixed in and dried in the cabin. It makes the de-fogging effective.

 

[Joe Kelly]

Relevant section of manual: I just checked the owners manual and it will shut down on it’s own. It doesn't make sense to me. However when driving for several hours in the car in the summer with recycle A/C on the air does get stale and the carbon dioxide level goes up. When this happens I bring in fresh air.



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[jsus]

Well this is a bummer. I live in an area that has seen an increase in skunk population in the suburbs I live in. And the last thing I want is for the recirc to randomly turn off at the worst possible time.

"skunk population".....

 

[martyi48]

I have a Lariat. How do you get the temperature reading on the control knobs? I have seen the knobs show the desired temp set on videos but can't replicate it. When I move the knobs to lower or raise the temperature, it only shows it on the screen, not the knobs. How do you enable this feature?

 

[BAScott62]

I have a Lariat. How do you get the temperature reading on the control knobs? I have seen the knobs show the desired temp set on videos but can't replicate it. When I move the knobs to lower or raise the temperature, it only shows it on the screen, not the knobs. How do you enable this feature?

At some point they removed the LEDs from the temperature control knobs.

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