If I want air to come out of the vents must I have the fan turned on?

All other cars that I have owned with sunroofs, if I crack or vent the roof air will flow through the vents. But with the mini I don't feel any. I have to turn the fan on even with the roof open to get the flow...help please.

 

I've never had a sunroof that had anything to do with air coming in the vents.

If the a/c is off and the fan is set to fresh air (not recirc), air should flow through the vents if the car is moving.

 

it does

 

How do you set the fan to fresh air?

Example... when I am driving if the a/c isnt on, and the fan isnt on, no air blows through the vents.

I have auto climate if this makes a difference?!

 

nope mine works great also have auto just turn the AC off

 

I have the manual system. With the fan off, there is no airflow through the vents.

 

The way the vents work is that the fan has to be on to get air to flow thru the vents.

On manual systems that means the fan switch must be turned on.

On automatic systems the fan is really always on unless it is just turned all the way down and even then it is still on just a little bit. At least it is in my car, the car can be stopped and there with the fan all the way down and i still get a little bit of air flow.