I know in the north you want to warm your car up in the morning using the auto start feature. well in texas we want to cool it down. the manual says to leave the cooling controls where you want them and it will either heat or cool your car when using your auto start. mine does not work. it turns the air off as well as the recirculate every time I turn the car off.. my other hhr (which I Totaled) work the way the manual and sales flyers said but I can't get this one to work. any idea what I need to do. Can the dealer fix this. my warranty ends real soon. looking forward to hear your ideas. john

 

Interesting, really. My AC, to the best of knowledge, is on when the vehicle starts if it was on when I shut it off. A work-around for this would be to set the AC to defrost mode as this turns on the AC. Set temperature to desired level, and turn the fan up. This will kick in the AC regardless of whether you push the AC button or not.

 

I'm fairly certain mine stays the same way as it was left... except for the recirculation.

 

The 2009 HHR defaults to fresh air on start up, at least mine does. I'm not sure about the A/C since it has been hot enough in the morning to need to auto start for A/C. I'll try to check tomorrow.

 

If you feel there might be a problem w/ it, then definitely take it to the dealer to have it on file, should help w/ the warranty bit.

This is common to all years of HHR.

 

It will shut off but it will still cool without recirculate. I know it blows a little less. I wish it would not shut off too but that is the way it works in the HHR.

 

Went out and tested my 09. A/C stays turned on with the fan at the level I set but the unit goes to fresh air instead of staying in recirculate.

 

my hhr is a 06. this is my 2nd 06 hhr. the first one started the way I left it .weither i auto started it or just got in in the afternnon. this one reverts to no air and fresh air. drives me crazy.

 

they all should, revert to fresh air. If the inside of the car is 110 degrees, you do not want it to recirculate that heat, Todd (Uma)

 

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/general-hhr-4/remote-start-w-ac-17286/

I see you aren't the only one wondering...lol