VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING SAFETY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

In a vehicle air-conditioner safety device, in the case in which an abnormality has occurred in a heating device that heats coolant with a heater: it is determined whether or not the abnormality is a restorable abnormality or a non-restorable abnormality; when the abnormality is determined to be the restorable abnormality, it is determined whether or not the restorable abnormality has been removed; heating by the heater is prohibited when the restorable abnormality or the non-restorable abnormality has occurred; and heating by the heater is restored when the restorable abnormality has been removed after heating by the heater is prohibited due to occurrence of the restorable abnormality. With the above-mentioned vehicle air-conditioner safety device, in the case in which the restorable abnormality has occurred in a heating device for a vehicle air-conditioner and the restorable abnormality has not been removed, because heating by the heater is prohibited, it is possible to prevent repetitive restoration and halt of heating by the heater.