Why is climate control always on?

[rdancd816]

I have a '97 and what you see is how it works. Mine does the same thing. Just normal!

[eightsandaces]

It's a pain and a very poorly thought out deployment..

[Bradster]

Hey thanks guys. I guess normal is "normal." Thanks again.

[Dave928]

mine doesn't do this. but my 01 BMW did, annoying as hell...

[chitowndad]

what drives me nuts is when I turn on recirculation and it always turns on the A/C. I'm sure it's so it doesn't fog up but when I turn off A/C with recirc on it turns A/C back on after several minutes. Talk abut annoying!

[jmatta]

IIRC, I leave my fan and temp on the lowest setting; don't even notice it's on. Am I missing something here?

[demick]

I read in the owners manual that the climate control if set to auto, will run the A/C all the time unless it is below freezing outside.

I simply turn off the A/C manually and it stays off until I push the auto button again. I've never had it come back on automatically even over a period of days or weeks. Perhaps different years behave differently.

Also, I often manually turn the fan down all the way until the climate control turn all the way off. No need for climate control when the top is down.