Backpressure compensation

Without dynamic pressure compensation, as the driving speed increases, the air volume at the air inlet ducts also increases disproportionately. This effect is compensated in that the fresh air/recirculating air flap reduces the cross section of the air inlet duct dependent on the vehicle speed. The fresh air/recirculating air flap is not adjusted for short changes in the driving speed. For this reason, the set position is calculated from the speed signal with a hysteresis (delay). The vehicle speed information is made available via the K-bus from the instrument cluster.

The fresh air/recirculating air flap reduces the opening angle within a certain speed range according to an empirically defined characteristic curve.