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10-30-2018, 04:42 PM

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Car turns on heated windows

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When parking my 2011 XK for short periods of time, ie. less than 1 hour, I notice that upon restarting of the engine, the front and rear windows heating wires are on. I can see it because the two yellow control lights on the respective buttons are on.
Btw, I do lock the car.

Is this a bug or is this some kind of feature?

In fact, when this happens, the mid car screen sometimes shows a wrong outside temperature, much to low.

Is this a bug that some of you also experienced?

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10-30-2018, 05:27 PM

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From the handbook: "In cold ambient conditions, at the start of a journey, the front and rear screen heaters will switch on automatically for the timed period. The rear heated screen will come on below -1°C (30°F) and the front screen will come on below 5°C (41°F)."

I'd guess this is triggered by the low ambient temperature, perhaps the sensor needs to be replaced?

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10-30-2018, 06:34 PM

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The mirrors will defog too. My rear kicks on around 41'f versus 30'f though. No front but the heater is kicking within a minute or two.

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10-30-2018, 06:59 PM

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Thanks!

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10-31-2018, 12:40 AM

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Glad you raised this as was wondering the same as less than a month of ownership and less than 2 weeks of having a handbook.

When purchased temps in the UK were above 10c now they are hovering around -1-5c at night, so have seen the same.

Clearly a case of RTFM!

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10-31-2018, 01:28 AM

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Clearly a case of RTFM!

Do it! The things one learns...did you know that if you use the paddles while in D (not S), you can go back to automatic mode by pulling and holding the + paddle for a second or so?

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11-03-2018, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Aonsaithya

Do it! The things one learns...did you know that if you use the paddles while in D (not S), you can go back to automatic mode by pulling and holding the + paddle for a second or so?

That applies to S as well as D. If you switch to manual by using the paddles in D and leave 'em alone for a while it'll automatically revert to auto, it won't in S.

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