Abstract: In a method and apparatus for controlling air flow in the interior of a motor vehicle, when a threshold speed is exceeded, storage of an error message in an air conditioning control appliance is prevented. For this purpose, the device has corresponding sensor systems in order to define parameters which are used for determining the threshold speed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an air conditioning method in which a distinction is made between air conditioning according to a conventional method and modified air conditioning. The modified air conditioning according to the invention is used when a passenger desires further cooling, for example in the case of very high outside temperatures, and therefore adjusts the desired interior temperature further downward when cooling is already taking place at the physical limit, that is the minimum blowing-in temperature, before the evaporator ices up.