1996 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual

Ventilation Tips0000Keep the hood and front air inlet free of ice, snow orany other obstruction such as leaves. The heater anddefroster will work better, reducing the chance offogging your windows.When you enter a vehicle with the electronic touchsystem in cold weather, select HTR to supply airthrough the floor outlets. Then move the FAN leverto HIGH for a few moments before driving away.This will blow moist air from the intake outletstoward the floor, not the windshield. It reduces thechance of fogging your windows. If you have thedual automatic comfortemp system, the AUTOsetting will do this for you. Manual operation of theautomatic comfortemp system in the FLOOR modewill also supply air through the floor outlets.Keep the air path under the front seats clear of objects.This helps air to circulate throughout your vehicle.When the engine idles for a long time, the exteriortemperature sensor may cause the system to blow airthat is too cool. Once the vehicle is moving again,the system will try to maintain the set temperatureinside your vehicle.0 When you start your vehicle and the EXT displayflashes (dual automatic comfortemp system only) forsome time, the system may need repair. See yourBuick dealer.Defogging and DefrostingOn cool but humid days, use FRONT to keep thewindshield and side windows clear and to quicklyremove fog, frost or ice from the windshield.If you have the the electronic touch system, adjust theTEMPERATURE lever toward WARM and the FANlever toward HIGH.If you have the dual automatic cornfortemp system,while in the AUTO mode, the fan speed will vary. If amanual fan speed setting is selected, the fan speed willremain at that selection until the engine is turned off oranother selection has been made. To turn off FRONT,press AUTO or AIR FLOW.3-9