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Post08-03-2018, 9:54    Subject: Climate Control Malfunction: Photosensor Issue Quote

Hello everyone,
The automatic climate control in my Seat Altea (year of manufacture 2006) malfunctions and starts behaving erratically above a certain level of brightness.
During the day, even though the temperature is set to the same value, different temperatures are applied in the climate zones.
The driver's side is cooled, while the passenger's side is heated.
There are no error codes stored in the system's memory.
However, I noticed that when I covered the photosensor in the dashboard, both zones of the air conditioning system started heating up again.
Everything works perfectly fine at night as well.
How can I use VCDS to check the function or setting of the photosensor?


Thank you.
Regards,
Martin.


Translated on 18-08-2026, 7:24.
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Post08-03-2018, 14:01    Subject: Climate Control Malfunction: Photosensor Issue Quote

A license purchased here is required for VCDS user support. Please enter this license in your user profile and perform an automatic scan here.

After that, we'll tell you to check the photosensor in the climate control measurement blocks...

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Sure.

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Translated on 18-08-2026, 7:26.
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