
Thanks Rick, i wish i knew everything, can only say what I have learnt though so here goes...
As you have rightly figured out the condenser fans are for the A/C system.
When you say the aircon was set to LO but it wasn't switched on are you absolutely sure?? The A/C is off when the light is ON. So, you push the A/C OFF button and the light come on above it, this means the A/C is off.
If the A/C is definitely off then the fans should not run. If they are still running when the A/C is off then you must have a fault somewhere (for anyone reading this in the future this applies to the diesel model only according to the ETM in RAVE - the petrol version can control the fans without the need for the A/C to be on).
Do you have any book symbol showing on the HeVAC panel itself?? I would not advise leaving the fans unplugged and still running the A/C, EVERY single part of the A/C system is expensive, even the little o-rings for various pieces are expensive, you dont want to break it!
Lastly, just reading your last post once again, it really does sound like the A/C condenser fans are just doing their normal thing. Im thinking from what you have described, you do actually have the A/C on without realising, and when you have sat idling for a while the fans come on to control the pressure in the system as they should and this got you worried as you hadn't seen it before, which is normal as its never usually hot enough in the UK to require them! When you went out and checked later and started up they didnt come on, this would be because the car had sat, cooled down and the pressure in the system was not sufficient to require fan operation.
We really need to know whether the A/C is on or off - don't worry if you think the A/C is on when the light is on, you wouldn't be the first, tis just LR's backwards way of doing things, much like the front window switches being at the top of the panel rather than the bottom!
-Wills
