Is there a quick way to turn on recirculated air?

[billy_at]

My old car had a physical button that would turn on recirculated air. This was great if I noticed early enough that I was coming up to a dump truck belching black smoke.

In the MME, the only way to do this (that I know of) is to tap the climate control button at the bottom of the SYNC screen, then tap the Recirculate button at the top. This takes long enough that I usually can't prevent the smell from getting in the car.

Does anyone know of a faster way to do this? A voice command, for example?

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[RickMachE]

Does anyone know of a faster way to do this? A voice command, for example?

Hate to ask, but have you tried a voice command?

 

[billy_at]

Hate to ask, but have you tried a voice command?

I did, I tried something like "Recirculate." It wasn't recognized.

 

[DYohn]

My old car had a physical button that would turn on recirculated air.

In the MME, the only way to do this (that I know of) is to tap the climate control button at the bottom of the SYNC screen, then tap the Recirculate button at the top.

That is how I would do it.

 

[prdude]

My old car had a physical button that would turn on recirculated air. This was great if I noticed early enough that I was coming up to a dump truck belching black smoke.

In the MME, the only way to do this (that I know of) is to tap the climate control button at the bottom of the SYNC screen, then tap the Recirculate button at the top. This takes long enough that I usually can't prevent the smell from getting in the car.

Does anyone know of a faster way to do this? A voice command, for example?

If you're running the climate control system in auto mode and it's using a/c, it is most likely already operating in recirc mode (Instead of fresh air mode). So, my advice would be to leave the climate control in auto.

Now, if we had China-spec vehicles, we would get an air quality sensor that would detect contaminants and force recirc mode automatically.

 

[Digitalsteve]

Now you can do it with "Alexa turn on air recirculation" if you enable Alexa.

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