I'd put it another way: when defrosting the windshield, the AC is automatically enabled. It's been this way on Honda products for quite a while. A perfectly reasonable safety/effectiveness feature that drives some people crazy for no apparent rational reason.in my 2013 civic coupe you must have the AC on in order to defrost the front window. Is this the case in the 2016 models?
X2 on the AC on with front defrost, has been standard on all cars I've ever owned but this may be a Canadian thing.I'd put it another way: when defrosting the windshield, the AC is automatically enabled. It's been this way on Honda products for quite a while. A perfectly reasonable safety/effectiveness feature that drives some people crazy for no apparent rational reason.
It seems all these good and thoughtful features make some tiny fraction of owners crazy. Ford Focus Mk3 (2012) had a "Courtesy Wipe" feature that gave the windshield one more wipe several seconds after you'd used the washer to wipe off the drooling lines. Great feature in most circumstances and saved me from doing the same with flick-wipe. Drove some owners insane--they acted like the whole car was ruined by the feature and unsafe and recall-worthy and on and on. They posted lots of complaints on the Internet. We are renting a '16 Focus this week. They've removed the feature.
I wanted to verify this before posting and it works, just hit the AC/OFF button after turning on the defroster. Everything runs the same way except that the AC is now off. A few of my past vehicles had the same feature.in my 2013 civic coupe you must have the AC on in order to defrost the front window. Is this the case in the 2016 models?
Yup, but it gives them the option of knowing why they keep fogging up!Then the window will start to fog up again lol
Except they won't understand and will complain that their defroster is broken and Honda should have never shipped a car when that simple feature doesn't work and they will never admit that something they are doing is ruining the effectiveness of it. Like people who drive pedal to the floor and complain they aren't getting the highest possible rated MPG as if it's Honda's or the EPA's fault that they drive like a lunatic.Yup, but it gives them the option of knowing why they keep fogging up!