automatic climate control, times-out (turns itself off)

The problem is most likely that you told the climate control to do one thing but expect it to do something else. You, or someone else, has programmed the climate control to start in the OFF state. The inexpensive solution is to reprogram the climate control. How this is done can be found by reading the instruction manual that was included with the vehicle. The instruction manual contains a lot of information and should be read.

The climate control has a default setup it used when it starts. However, if the car has been off less than 10 minutes the climate control keeps whetever settings were active when the car was shut off. This makes it possible to make a short pause without having to change the settings.

The default setup can be changed by setting the climate control to the wanted state and then pushing [OFF] and [rear defroster] at the same time. The display should flash to confirm. Turn off ignition and wait

The programmed setting can be set back to factory settings by pushing [AUTO] and [fan speed down] at the same time. The display should flash to confirm. Turn off ignition and wait 10 minutes for the change to be stored.

Thank you very much, I will try your sugestion.