A/C defaults to recirculate?

Have you figured out a way to change the cabin filter? The place where the filter used to be is secured by several screws. I don't want to mess up with anything before I really know where I am going. Is the filter still inside the glove box?

 

I don't know on the Prime. Can a Prime owner chime in on the cabin filter?

I've had to change mine once due to mice. I've checked a couple times since and no mice, no mold, no nothing except leaves and seeds.

(Maple and evergreen trees...)

 

There is a big difference between sugar coating something and being nice and respectful. But I totally agree with you on the "winner" thing. I don't think all the participation trophies are doing anyone any good.

And...I wish I was under 35.

 

You can't run the AC and the heat in the Prime at the same time without starting the gas engine, because the heat pump can't run both ways at the same time.

 

I think this is the correct analysis of this situation.

I bet there is a nicer way to say that too.
One can be respectful without taking extra effort to be "nice".

How about we NOT beat each other up over personalities......OK ??

 

Asking someone to be a little more respectful on a forum is beating them up?

 

Yes it absolutely IS......when what they said was not in any way dis-respectful in the first place.
You are expressing an negative opinion about my personality.
And I think that is highly dis-respectful.
Just give it a rest please.

 

In the Deep South, cold is not an issue. Nor is tracking in moisture, it's already there.

In the morning, I can fire up the car with the AC cranked full blast, and it won't stop the inside of the windshield from fogging up. Putting it in defrost at least makes a dent in it, but you can't just fire up the car and go, you have to either wait, or drive with your head out the window for the first mile. Which is nearly like swimming.

And some of the LOVELY smells around here (paper plant, farms) means leaving it on recirc more than I like. I usually forget to switch to recirc before nearing the paper plant, and regret it most of the time.

 

From the diagrams i have seen here, the Prime can do exactly that. There is a third refrigerant coil, located in the the cabin, which always functions as a condenser (hot). When the system needs to dehumidify but not cool, the system is put in "cool" mode (evaporator in the cabin, condenser outside) and air is directed through that (hot) additional coil as well as the (cold) evaporator coil; otherwise, it just sits there and gets hot. It's not clear to me if it is used in heat mode; I suppose it could be.

 

If so, then why does pushing the front defroster button immediately start the engine?

 

See How does the heat pump work in a Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid? | PriusChat . I don't know why front defrost kicks in the ICE, unless maybe the third coil cannot completely offset the cooling in the evaporator, and it needs help from hot coolant.

 

I'm glad our 2010 Canadian touring has no touch screen.

If it's any consolation, I think when set to Auto the system might start in recirc but soon enough switch to fresh.

 

I will definitely give it a rest...until you are disrespectful again.

 

But there still is a button on the dash? That's not bad. I use the steering wheel button very occasionally, but then I always need to glance down, locate the recirc/fresh air button on the dash, study it's two smallish icons, determine which is which, and which is lit. This process takes 5 seconds or so, especially when you're glancing up/down, trying to maintain some semblance of vigilance towards the road ahead.

 

I'm curious how you guys have your car defaulting back to recirculate mode. I tweaked some things on the car when I got it but don't remember changing any climate control options. I changed my car to fresh air mode when I got the car and it's stayed that way since. I adjusted it with the steering wheel options.

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