XBman

hey all

i saw this pic of a brand new 05 XB


If u look closely you see a max a/c selector under the max cool setting. this is a bad pic . my question is when was this added, my 04 doesnt have it...

XBman

fine dont replay....

xvolcomx88

Need a better pic cuz i have no idea what you're talkin about.

XBman

ok look on the temp selector.... look at the little text under the max cool setting... it says max cool if u cant see it.

XBman

heme11

its on the 05's but not all 05's a buddy of mine has an 05 and it does not have it, I bought my 05 a few monthes after him and mine does. Hope that helps.

BTW the word you are looking for is reply.

XBman

humm, kinda interestering. why dont they all have them

Rayman

Yikes. I can't see what your talking about except for some fuzzy stuff. Have to look at my car.

TJandBOXCARWILLIE

Yeah, now I got to look at my car...got me wondering, 'cause I have a '05 as well, and I don't think it says 'max' there. I do have the 'new' A/C, since I know they pulled mine, and did a replacement (free). There is a TSB on it.

atomoverride

Is this a better photo? its of my 2005 xB purchased in Jan. Go 6.1mp kodak camera!

Tomas

IIRC there were complaints about the A/C not being effective enough to cool the big box in really hot weather. The TSB that came out in response was an instruction to owners to use recirculated air rather than outside air for max cooling - the recirc air was already cooled, so helped...

That new trim piece appears to just reflect that instruction.

atomoverride

TRANSLATION: Scion thinks owners are stupid, so they had to spell it out for you.

TJandBOXCARWILLIE

^^ Yeah, that may be. I know they replaced the whole shooting shebang fer me. And, since they replaced it just when it was getting cooler here (well, cooler for SOUTH FLORIDA), I have yet to see if it really made any change in the cool for the car.

Tomas

No, not really - or at least not any more than most auto manufacturers.

Most auto A/C controls automatically select recirc air when "MAX A/C" is chosen - in this case, it's not automatic - Scion gives you a choice.

A typical example is my mum's 1990 Ford Tempo: Sliding the temp control to the coolest temp pulls maximum cooling effort from the A/C. Pushing the [MAX A/C] button closes the outside air vents and opens the interior vents - the already cooled inside air is recirculated and no hot outside air is brought in.

The same thing happens in the xB: Putting the temp control on lowest setting gets maximum A/C effort. Flipping the vent control from outside to inside recirc's the cooled inside air rather than trying to cool the hot outside air. Including an instruction on the control makes sense.

In most temperate areas using a [MAX A/C] setting is not really necessary, but it is helpful for initial cooldown of the interior. In the more brutally hot areas (for example south Florida, much of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, some of south California, etc., max A/C is almost a necessity.

Of course, there are other parts of the world, also... "In India, 'cold weather' is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door-**** and weather which will only make it mushy."

Fetthunter

I test drove an xB last Saturday. I was impressed that it had a "Max AC" setting. Living in AL, where the Heat Index (a factor of temperature + humidity) can reach 120 in the summer months, every car I buy has a "Max AC" setting. I was worried that the xB would not, since most smaller cars don't. I'm *very* glad the AC has some muscle to it.

I wonder if getting the "white roof" option would help any...?

OakToddler

scooter123

Do all the new '05's come with a half-eaten apple or is that a JDM bB thing?

heme11

TJandBOXCARWILLIE

What does that mean?

OakToddler