Ventilation Question

[emb3824]

I have a 1999 ES 300 w/82K miles that I bought about 3 months ago. Enjoy the car immensely but one thing about the ventilation system bugs me. When the inside of the car is hot and you start it up, the mode automatically switches to recirculate versus fresh air. This is fine if you have the A/C on and want to cool the car down quickly, but it does this without the A/C being on. Then you just get recirculated hot air, no fresh air.

Is there a way to change the default mode on this or is it just the way it is?

[camlex]

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[emb3824]

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I always have it on Auto, but it does it in that mode.

[camlex]

Turn off "Auto"