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Climate system controls
Climate system functions are controlled using buttons on the center console, the center dis-play and the climate system panel on the rearside of the tunnel console.
Overview of climate system controls
Climate system controls in the center display
Defroster buttons on the center console
Climate system panel on the rear side of the tunnel console
Related information
• Climate system controls in the center display(p. 197)
• Climate control system (p. 186)
• Rear climate system controls on the tunnelconsole (p. 199) •
Defrosting windows and mirrors (p. 204)
• Climate system voice commands (p. 126)
• Air quality (p. 194)
Climate system controls in the center display
All climate system functions can be controlled from the center display's climate bar and Cli-mate view.
Climate barThe most common climate system functions can be controlled from the climate bar.
Temperature control for the driver and pas- senger sides.
Control for heated * and ventilated * driver/
passenger seats and heated steering wheel *.
Button for opening Climate view. The graphic in the button shows the activated climatesystem settings.

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Rear seat temperature control.
Rear seat heating control *.
Parking climate 2
All of the parking climate functions can be con- trolled from the Parking climate tab.
Related information
•
Climate system controls (p. 197)
• Defrosting windows and mirrors (p. 204)
• Air conditioning (p. 207)
• Adjusting air distribution (p. 211)
• Setting the temperature (p. 201)
• Setting the blower speed (p. 199)
• Automatic climate control (p. 196)
• Turning steering wheel heating
* on and off
(p. 206)
• Turning seat heating
* on and off (p. 208)
Rear climate system controls on the tunnel console
The rear seat climate system functions are con- trolled from the rear side of the tunnel console.
Rear seat heating *
Rear seat blower speed
Rear seat temperature control
Related information
•Climate system controls (p. 197)
• Turning seat heating
* on and off (p. 208)
• Setting the blower speed (p. 199)
• Setting the temperature (p. 201)
Setting the blower speed The blower can be set to five different automatic speeds plus
Off and Max. The blower speed
can be set separately for the front and rear seats.
Setting blower speed for the front seats
Blower control buttons in Climate view
1. Go to the center display's Climate view. 2. Tap the desired blower speed:
Off, 1–5 orMax.
> The blower speed will change and the button for the selected speed will light up.
2Plug-in hybrid models only.

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NOTE
If the blower is turned off completely, the air conditioning is disengaged, which may resultin fogging on the windows.
Setting the rear seat blower speed
From the front seat
Blower control buttons in the Rear climate tab in Cli-
mate view
1. Open the center display's Climate view. 2. Select the
Rear climate tab. 3.
Tap the desired blower speed:
1–5.
The blower can be turned off for the second and third row of seats by tapping
2nd row
climate.
The blower speed for the third row of seats will be the same as for the second row seatsbut can be turned off separately by tapping
3rd row climate.
> The blower speed will change and the button for the selected speed will light up.
From the rear seat
Blower controls on the climate panel on the rear side of the tunnel console
–Tap the desired blower level: Off or 1–5 on
the tunnel console climate panel.
> The blower speed will change and the button for the selected speed will light up.
NOTE
• Blower speed for the rear seat cannot be set if the front seat blower setting is Off.
• The climate system will adapt air flow within each set blower speed, whichmeans that the blower speed may varyslightly.
Related information
• Climate system controls in the center display (p. 197)
• Rear climate system controls on the tunnelconsole (p. 199)

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Setting the temperature3
The temperature can be set separately for the left and right sides of the passenger compart-ment and for the front and rear seats separately.
Setting the temperature for the front seats
Temperature buttons in the climate bar
1. Tap the right or left side temperature button in the center display's climate bar to open the control.
Temperature control
2. Set a temperature by:
•dragging the control to the desired tem- perature or
• tapping
+/− to raise/lower the tempera-
ture.
> The temperature will change and the new temperature will be shown in the button.
Synchronizing the temperature
Synchronization button on the driver's side temperature control
1. Tap the driver's side temperature button to open the control.
2. Tap
Synchronize temperature .
> The temperature for all of the vehicle's cli- mate zones will be synchronized with the one set for the driver's side and the syn-chronization symbol will be displayed inthe temperature button.
Synchronization can be stopped by tapping
Synchronize temperature again or by chang-
ing the temperature for the passenger's side or the rear seat.
3 Shown here in Celsius but also applies to Fahrenheit

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Setting the rear seat temperature
From the front seat
Temperature buttons in the Rear climate group in Cli-
mate view
1. Open the center display's Climate view. 2. Select the
Rear climate tab.
3. Tap the left or right side temperature buttons to open the control.
Temperature control
4. Set the temperature by:
•dragging the control to the desired tem- perature or
• tapping
+/− to raise/lower the tempera-
ture.
> The temperature will change and the new temperature will be shown in the button.
From the rear seat
Temperature controls on the climate panel on the rear side of the tunnel console
–Tap the left or right side's buttons on cli-
mate panel to lower/raise the temperature.
> The temperature will change and the cli- mate panel screen will show the new tem- perature.
NOTE
Heating or cooling cannot be speeded up by selecting a higher/lower temperature thanthe actual temperature required.
Related information
• Climate system controls (p. 197)
• Climate system controls in the center display (p. 197)

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•
Rear climate system controls on the tunnel console (p. 199)
• Perceived temperature (p. 186)
Turning recirculation on and off
Recirculation can be used to shut out exhaust fumes, smoke, etc., from the passenger com-partment.
Recirculation button in Climate view
1. Open Climate view in the center display. 2. Press
Recirc.
> Recirculation is activated (button lights up)/deactivated (button is off)
NOTE
• If recirculation is on for too long, there is a risk of condensation forming on theinsides of the windows, especially in win-ter.
• Recirculation cannot be deactivated ifmax. defroster is being used.
Activating/deactivating the recirculation timer
With the timer activated, recirculation will switch off automatically after 20 minutes. 1.
Tap
Settings in the center display's Top
view.
2. Tap
Climate.
3. Activate/deactivate the timer by selecting/ deselecting the box for
Recirculation
Timer.
Related information
• Climate system controls in the center display (p. 197)

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Defrosting windows and mirrors
The max. defroster, heated windshield * and
heated rear window/door mirror functions are used to remove ice or condensation.
Using the buttons in the center consoleThe buttons in the center console offer quick access to the defroster functions. On models with the optional heated windshield, the max. defroster function can only be activatedseparately from the Climate view in the centerdisplay.
Center console buttons
Button for the heated windshield * and max.
defroster.
Button for the heated rear window and door mirrors. Models
without a heated windshield.
–Press button (1).
> Max. defroster is activated (button indica-
tor light on)/deactivated (button indicator light off).
Models with a heated windshield *.
–Press button (1) repeatedly to access the function's three levels:
• Activate windshield heating
• Activate windshield heating and max.defroster
• Deactivated
> The windshield heating is activated (but- ton indicator light on)/deactivated (buttonindicator light off).
NOTE
Max. defroster starts after a slight delay to avoid a brief increase in blower speed if theheated windshield function has been deacti-vated by pressing the button twice in quicksuccession.
Heated rear window and door mirrors
–Press button (2).
> Heating for the rear window/door mirrorsis activated (button indicator light on)/ deactivated (button indicator light off).

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From the center display's Climate view
Activate/deactivate max. defroster
Max. defroster button in Climate view
1. Open Climate view in the center display. 2.
Tap
Max.
> Max. defroster is activated (button lights up)/deactivated (button is off). Max. defroster overrides automatic climate control and recirculation, and activates theair conditioning, changes blower speed to
54 and the temperature to HI4.
When max. defroster is deactivated, the climate system returns to the previoussettings.
Activating/deactivating windshield heating *
Windshield heating button in Climate view
1. Open Climate view in the center display. 2.
Tap
Electric.
> Windshield heating is activated (button lights up)/deactivated (button is off).
NOTE
• Triangular areas at the far sides of the windshield are not heated electrically andwill take slightly longer to defrost/de-ice.
• The heated windshield may affect theperformance/range of e.g., transpondersused to automatically pay highway tolls orother communication equipment.
Activating/deactivating rear window and door mirror heating
Rear window/door mirror heating button in Climate view
1. Open Climate view in the center display. 2.
Tap
Rear.
> Rear window/door mirror heating is acti- vated (button lights up)/deactivated (but- ton is off).
Automatically activating/deactivating the window heating function when theengine is started
The rear window/door mirror/windshield heating *
can be set to start automatically when the engine is started. The heating function switches off auto-matically when the glass surfaces are sufficientlywarm and the condensation/ice has disappeared.
4 In models with the 4-zone climate system *, front seats only.