thanks, craig! very informative. i only picked up my car 2 days ago and yes, the AC light already bothers me. but what can ya do? i don't even utilize the "auto" function b/c i'm such a picky person, i like everything to be controlled manually... the only thing that really bothered me about the auto function was in fact the AC indicator and sometimes the fan blows at max out of nowhere. yeah, it's not so pleasant especially since it's been 20 degrees lately...