climate control - default setting is off?

scottIN

Okay, talked to my dealer. Apparently this is correct. Climate Control shuts down completely when you turn the engine off and only restarts manually. Guess I've never had a car set up like that so it kind of freaked me out. I know, in theory, it's best to shut everything off prior to start (less drain / stress on all the components), but I guess Nissan figured they'd just do it for you...

Augustus

I'm curious to see what others say. I'd be suspicious of the dealer telling you that's how it works, because it doesn't seem right to me. The point of ACC is to set-it-and-forget-it. Having to set it manually each time you start the car is kind of pointless, IMHO.

My Z doesn't have Nav, so I can't add to the debate. My dials stay on Auto between starts.

scottIN

Yeah...that's why I posted it on here. I'm pretty aware of what dealers know (& don't know). I didn't want to post 'does my dealer know WTH they're talking about?'..but that's what I was thinking.

They claim it's so it doesn't stress the system. But my Mom's Altima (with nav) isn't set up that way. I need to check and see if they did the storage fuse deal - seems like this is something that might affect. And I can't get my Homelink to program either.

Back to the dealer part: I think if I was a car salesman I'd spend the 80% of the time I wasted sittin' around with the other salesmen BS'in on learning the dozen or so models in the line I sold. I can't think of a single time I've bought a car that the salesperson knew more about it than I did. And I'm not trying to be cocky, it's just the flat out truth. I'm in sales and I make damn sure I know my product and can tell a client all about it.

Augustus

Amen. I've never understood that either.