Volvo 480 Club Europe

My 1992 480ES has a normal style heater panel and a Recirc button and a button with a (*) on it next to the gear stick. Is this usual.

BTW the car does have an A/C compressor before any jokes occur

Though it probably needs regassing! as the air is not cold ,but it's cold enough in England anyway

It gets worse, when I push the button, for the a/c (*) the compressor doesn't engage. I have checked the fuse in the car and the fuse on the relay that one of the wires from the comp. leads too, but they look fine.



Mat

Mine was warm air until they filled her up! The recirc button uses 10% air from outside so the cold air inside is just made colder while using 10% (warmer) air from outside!

My '91 ES has aircon controls as you describe: it won;t blow cold although I hear the compressor. It may be user error as I have no idea how to operate it, but as the car sat for 6 months before I bought it I think it likely that it needs regassing. No idea how much that'll be thogh, so I suspect I'll leave it until summer!

Should just need regassing. I had the same problem with my new 480.

I can't even get the compressor to engage when I push the a/c button, so I don't know if it needs regassing until I get the unit to work.



Oh well
It's winter now anyway.

MatBat wrote:I can't even get the compressor to engage when I push the a/c button, so I don't know if it needs regassing until I get the unit to work.



Oh well
It's winter now anyway.

There is a pressure switch in all AC-systems that stops the compressor from engaging if there isn't enough pressure in the system.
If the compressor doesn't start ( a click and it puts a little load on the engine and the fan also starts ) you most likely need to get the system filled up...

//Pelle

Okay, Will try that.

Thanks

Does you're car have an automatic gearbox? --> If so, the *-button is meant to skip the first gear and start from the second. This is meant to avoid wheel-spin in slippery conditions.

Manual gearbox

is there any chance you have traction control ? I have learned the last "of the mohicans" have em sometimes, since yours is a '92, well, who knows.

Do you have ABS ?

Most likely its combined

Luck
JPF

Apparently it has ABS though it doesn't seem to work. I am confident that the button is for the A/C because when pressing it the blower fan (for heater/vents etc.) starts, thus it must be connected to the ventilation system. Also it there is no other button, to engage the compressor, and next to the (*) button there is a recirculate button

Shame would like traction control
Though I am using 195/55 Michelins which stick like glue

Have heard that the A/C doesn't work below 10C so it could be fine after all!

Btw in deep dark Sussex it is currently about 6C