Trendkill
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I searched around other threads before I posted this and there was only one thread with the same symptoms as mine, but the person never followed up.
The details:
-Sept 2011 bought the car in AZ, my father replaced the thermostat and flushed the radiator.
The heater didn't work all winter. Then I moved to Tennessee and now I need a heater. Today I bought a heater switch or valve. The old one worked fine so I put it back on. We flushed a lot of crud out of the heater core. Then we flushed the radiator, filled up an let it warm up and topped it off.
My fiance took it on a test drive around the block and said that it blew hot ass air and then he turned the heater off then back on, after that, it was blowing cold air.
When the temperature knob is set to cold it blows really hard and cold, but when you turn it to hot, it blows at about half-strength.
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for me, I'd be eternally grateful as I am a desert rat freezing here.
Edit: Since people keep asking what model and year it is. It's a 1999, I don't know if it's a "cx" "dx" "ex" or "lx" etc. it doesn't have any badges indicating that, however it has cruise control, power steering, power locks, power windows etc. It's a 1.6L 4 cyl.. It's teal, if that makes a difference.
The details:
-Sept 2011 bought the car in AZ, my father replaced the thermostat and flushed the radiator.
The heater didn't work all winter. Then I moved to Tennessee and now I need a heater. Today I bought a heater switch or valve. The old one worked fine so I put it back on. We flushed a lot of crud out of the heater core. Then we flushed the radiator, filled up an let it warm up and topped it off.
My fiance took it on a test drive around the block and said that it blew hot ass air and then he turned the heater off then back on, after that, it was blowing cold air.
When the temperature knob is set to cold it blows really hard and cold, but when you turn it to hot, it blows at about half-strength.
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for me, I'd be eternally grateful as I am a desert rat freezing here.
Edit: Since people keep asking what model and year it is. It's a 1999, I don't know if it's a "cx" "dx" "ex" or "lx" etc. it doesn't have any badges indicating that, however it has cruise control, power steering, power locks, power windows etc. It's a 1.6L 4 cyl.. It's teal, if that makes a difference.