92ShoOff
SHO Member
Hey everyone, the climate control in my '96 usually works fine, but it occasionally won't blow air out of the correct selected location.
For instance, last night during a 2-hour drive I had the climate control set to Floor/Defrost. The air was blowing out from both the defrost vents and the foot area for maybe the first hour of the drive like it should be doing. I had the temperature set at 70 degrees and the fan speed on low and I was staying nice and warm, and the windows were staying free of fog. About one hour into the trip it started getting a little chilly in the car and I could tell that my feet weren't getting the amount of heat down there that they should. I leaned toward the front defrost vents the best I could while driving, and it seemed like not much air was coming out from there neither. Both locations were still getting heat slightly, but after cranking up the blower speed it sounded like the majority of the air was escaping somewhere else. It wasn't coming out the front dash vents, but while driving I was unable to tell where the hot air was escaping to.
With the blower motor cranked up wherever the air was escaping from was making more noise than if it were coming out any of the vents that it should be. I tried cycling different vents on and off and pushed every button I could on the climate control but couldn't get the air to blow from the selected vents with more than a "breath" lightly coming from those vents. A little bit later the air started coming back out the floor and defrost vents like it should after I had given up on trying to solve the problem while driving.
The blower speed still functions properly, and doesn't go out of control. But something isn't functioning properly and I'm not sure if it's the blend door or what it is. Any ideas??
Thanks,
Andrew
For instance, last night during a 2-hour drive I had the climate control set to Floor/Defrost. The air was blowing out from both the defrost vents and the foot area for maybe the first hour of the drive like it should be doing. I had the temperature set at 70 degrees and the fan speed on low and I was staying nice and warm, and the windows were staying free of fog. About one hour into the trip it started getting a little chilly in the car and I could tell that my feet weren't getting the amount of heat down there that they should. I leaned toward the front defrost vents the best I could while driving, and it seemed like not much air was coming out from there neither. Both locations were still getting heat slightly, but after cranking up the blower speed it sounded like the majority of the air was escaping somewhere else. It wasn't coming out the front dash vents, but while driving I was unable to tell where the hot air was escaping to.
With the blower motor cranked up wherever the air was escaping from was making more noise than if it were coming out any of the vents that it should be. I tried cycling different vents on and off and pushed every button I could on the climate control but couldn't get the air to blow from the selected vents with more than a "breath" lightly coming from those vents. A little bit later the air started coming back out the floor and defrost vents like it should after I had given up on trying to solve the problem while driving.
The blower speed still functions properly, and doesn't go out of control. But something isn't functioning properly and I'm not sure if it's the blend door or what it is. Any ideas??
Thanks,
Andrew
