Manual Climate Control; Dual Automatic Climate Control; Automatic Operation- Page 8

Getting to Know Your LaCrosse

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Manual Climate Control

To cool the vehicle interior more quickly

on hot days, open the windows long

enough to let the hot air escape. For

maximum cooling:

1. Choose the coolest temperature 

setting.

2. Select the Vent mode.

3. Press the 

(Recirculate) button.

4. Press the  (Air Conditioning) button.

5. Turn the  (Fan) knob clockwise to

its highest setting.

To defog or defrost, select the     (Defog)

or  (Defrost) mode. Defog directs half

of the air to the windshield/side windows

and half to the floor outlets. Defrost

directs most air to the windshield and

the side window outlets. 

To remove frost or fog from the rear 

window, press the 

(Rear Defog) 

button on the mode knob. 

See Section 3 of your Owner Manual.

Dual Automatic Climate Control

(if equipped)

Dual automatic climate control automati-

cally maintains the desired temperature

individually for the driver and front seat

passenger. 

Automatic Operation

Push the AUTO button and use the 

driver- or passenger-side up/down arrow

keys to adjust the temperature. The air

delivery mode, fan speed, air condition-

ing and recirculation functions will be set

automatically to achieve the desired

temperature.

To turn the passenger-side operation on

or off, press the PASS button. When first

turned on, the setting will be the same

as the driver’s. Use the up/down arrow

keys to adjust the temperature. 

To turn off the entire system, press the 

(Off) button.

Manual Operation

To manually select the temperature or

mode, press the desired mode button as

follows:

(Temperature): Press to manually

adjust the temperature. The left side

controls the driver side and the right

side controls the passenger side.