ECONOMY MODE

iancpass · Post by **iancpass** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 11:05 pm

WHAT THE HELLS ECONOMY MODE ON MY 1ST CC IT CAME ON STAYED ON AND BUGGERED THE RADIO UP I KNOW IT SOMTHING TO DO WITH LEAVING THE RADIO ON BUT DOES THIS MEAN IT WILL SELF DESTRUCT AFTER 20 MINS MY LOCAL DEALER DIDNT HAVE THE FOGGIEST (SUPRISE SUPRISE)
ANY ONE ELSE HAD THIS PROB

stephen T · Post by **stephen T** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:16 am

dont type in caps please. its rude. cheers.

anyway my cc has never done this BUT i know cars can be programmed to different modes, ie the mg series can be set to police mode. hope this helps.

stephen T · Post by **stephen T** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:16 am

also i have a feeling it has somin to do with your battery

gsearl · Post by **gsearl** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 1:18 am

On my cc Economy mode only runs when I am using accessories without the engine running .... it is supposed to prevent the battery running down ... as you described it will allow the accessories to run for 30 min b4 turning them off.
Grant

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:37 pm

Yeah Grant (gsearl) that's my understanding of it too.

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:29 pm

what about the ECO mode on the climate control?

i cant find any reference to say what it actually does - im assuming it still gives air conditioning but with greater tolerance in the temperature to use less fuel?

thanks,
Ian

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:40 pm

ECO mode runs the climate control without using the compressor. The only difference you'll probably see in winter is that moisture isn't removed from the air and your windows will mist up more easily. In summer, you won't get the cold air pumped through.

Starving_Hero · Post by **Starving_Hero** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:13 pm

AC ACO mode stinks, literally...

Robby_bobby_boo · Post by **Robby_bobby_boo** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:52 am

Hi
there are two different ECO modes, as I think you already know... the ECO on the climate control is basically air con off mode, its there so that you dont try and cool the world by having the air con on when the roof is down.

The economy mode that you describe after you have used the radio / cd with the engine off is there to protect your battery from over discharge, I suppose people may have switched on the radio and then left the car and flattened their batteries.

I looked into this when using the wifes cc and seeing it come up after I had been waiting around in a car park, I thought maybe it was something that would slow the car down or maybe more interestingly that there might be a "Ozone depletion mode" that would turn the cc into a fire (and particulate) breathing dragon and make it faster.... but alas its just to do with the battery!

Might be fun though to start an urban myth about F1 mode or the like and post a set of instructions of how to obtain it by pushing various buttons in a specific order whilst driving with the roof half down or somthing!!!