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A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system for a vehicle including a front HVAC control system that communicates with a rear HVAC control system. The rear HVAC control system includes a control panel having mode, temperature, and blower speed controls. The front HVAC control system includes

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system for a vehicle including a front HVAC control system that communicates with a rear HVAC control system. The rear HVAC control system includes a control panel having mode, temperature, and blower speed controls. The front HVAC control system includes a control panel having a rear manual control switch for enabling/disabling manual control of the rear HVAC system via the rear HVAC control panel. A microprocessor communicates control information from the front HVAC control system to the rear HVAC control system regardless of the position of the rear manual control switch. Whether the supplied control information is used by the rear HVAC control system is determined by the rear manual switch.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A control system for an automobile heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, said HVAC system comprising a front HVAC system and a rear HVAC system, comprising:a rear control system having a plurality of switches for manually controlling operation of the

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A control system for an automobile heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, said HVAC system comprising a front HVAC system and a rear HVAC system, comprising:a rear control system having a plurality of switches for manually controlling operation of the rear system;a front control system having a plurality of switches for manually controlling operation of the front system and for selectively manually controlling operation of said rear system;a microprocessor that is operable to transmit control information from said front control system to said rear control system;a control switch that selectively enables said rear control system switches such that, when said control switch is in a first position, said rear control system switches control operation of said rear system and said control information from said microprocessor is ignored and, when said control switch is in a second position, said rear system is manually controlled by said front control system switches in accordance with said control information supplied from said microprocessor.