Clean air filter MITSUBISHI COLT 2006 Service Repair Manual

GENERAL INFORMATION
HEATER, AIR CONDITIONER AND VENTILATION55-2
GENERAL INFORMATION
M2551000100759
For the heater and A/C system, the heater, the
blower and the cooling unit are integrated as one unit
to reduce weight and size. For A/C system, the man
-
ual A/C has been adopted.
FEATURES
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMFORT
•Adoption of low noise, large air volume heater
and A/C system
•Adoption of smaller air intake box for larger pas-
senger leg space.
•Optimising the areas of the outside air induction
hole and the air outlet improves ventilation per
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formance as well as the quietness of the room
•Adoption of clean air filter with deodorant function
for cleaner air in the compartment.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
•Inside/outside air selection switch has been
changed to a pushbutton switch.
•Improved operation ability by the enlarged tab on
the dial knob
•Air amount and temperature only are controlled
automatically for easier operation. automatic A/C>
RELIABLE VISUAL FIELD
(IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY)
•Current type defroster nozzle has been adopted
to improve defogging performance (Shortens
windshield fogging time).
•Defroster vents have been integrated to secure
better defogging pattern.
•Black coin drop prevention ribs are used on the
defroster to prevent its reflection on the wind
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shield, providing sufficient field of vision for safety
IMPROVEMENTS IN FUEL ECONOMY
•Wider condenser area reduces load to the A/C
and improves fuel consumption.
•Energy conservation control using outside air
temperature sensor is adopted for vehicles with
manual A/C as well.
•A small-size, highly-efficient compressor has
been adopted.
•Simpler wiring and weight reduction are achieved
by installation of CAN communication system
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
Adoption of HFC134a for refrigerant.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE QUALITY
•Reduction of refrigerant gas leakage and
improvement in serviceability by incorporating
condenser and receiver
•The layout of refrigerant line for better workability
is adopted.
RESPONSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT
Reliable information transmission is achieved by
connecting A/C-ECU and each ECU via CAN com
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munication.

HEATER UNIT
HEATER, AIR CONDITIONER AND VENTILATION55-5
HEATER UNIT
M2551000800219
COOLING UNIT AND HEATER UNIT
AC313940AB
Air intake boxResistor
(Power transistor)*Heater unit
Mode selection
damper
Blower motor
Air mixing
damper motor*
Mode selection
damper
Heater core
Air mixing damper
Evaporator
(Cooling unit)
Outside/Inside air
selection damper
Outside/Inside air selection
damper motor
Clean air filter
NO TE: *: Indicat e s vehicles with a u tomatic A/C.
The following co oling unit and heate r unit have been
inst
alled for grea ter fan p o wer , red u ced noise, an d
imp
r oved A/C p e rformance .
•The h eat er unit int egra t es t he hea ter , b l owe r , and
co
oling unit for re duce d weigh t and size.
•Smaller air int a ke b o x ha s be en ado pted fo r
la
rger p a ssenge r leg sp ace .
•The case has a crush able structure so as to be
crushe
d when a collision occurs, t hereby prote c t
-
ing p a ssenger s from imp a ct an d improving t he
safety
.
•Rehea ting of heat er is minimise d to red u ce A/ C
lo
ad, the r eby imp r oving fue l co nsumption.
•Clean air filter with deod orant function is inst alled
for h
i ghe r comfort.