My 2015 nissan rogue blows out hot air on the passenger side of my car. Air conditioner works on both sides, cold air heater only blows heat on passenger side, blows cold on drivers side. The blend door actuators are located right on the heater box behind the dash. Heard a lot about heater core problems with this car. How can the heater core be defective if it blows hot air out of the drivers side. You have to change blend door actuator for hot and warm.
If it was an issue with the heater core both side would not have heat. Drivers changed air temperature far more often than they change the mode. Cold air blowing only on drivers side when in heat mode. Once in a great while it will randomly work and blow out warm air but only lasts for minutes tops. Looks like i might be tearing the car apart after all. Why is the heater in my car blowing out cold air and not heat. Heater cores are typically situated directly in the back of dashboards. And you wait and wait but the heater just blows cold air.
Cold air blowing only on driver s side when in heat mode. But nothing would annoy you more than having your car s heater go out cold. Nov 25, 2019 in some cars, the heater core has a valve in its inlet line. I have flushed heater core and it is clear from sludge. Of course not under warranty anymore, so on my own. The heater vents on the passenger side are blowing out cold. I have heat coming only out the passenger side of the car.
Heater is blowing cold air on both side, previously it was just the drivers side with cold air, now it is both sides. Heater blows cold on passenger side ford flex forum. The heat in my dodge journey only works on the drivers side and i am only getting cold air from the passenger side, please help. I let it sit a good 10 minutes so that when i get in, its already nice and toasty. So, my first thought is that its the motor actuator that opens and closes the flap for the heat. I get warm hot air out of the drivers side vents, but cool or cold air out of. Ac works but it only blows cold on the drivers side. My car blows cold air on the passenger side and hot air on. Heater blows hot air from drivers side only freeautomechanic. My car blows cold air out the driver side, i cant get heat out of it no matter what i do. Heater blows hot air from drivers side and cold air from passenger side of car on 2012 dodge avenger. Solved how to fix ac blowing hot and cold air temperature on gm vehicles hummer h2 fix your heat and ac yourself without spending any money fix ac on vehicle that blows hot and cold air at. My 2007 toyota camry is blowing cold air on passenger side but not the driver side doesnt have dual temperature control. My heat does not work on the driver side, while the heat works on my passenger side.
Why is the heat only working in the drivers side and not the. My 2007 linccoln town car blows hot air out the driver side. Why is the heat only working in the drivers side and not. I noticed the issue on the 2 hour drive home from getting the car. If a servo needs to be replaced andor heater core flushed or replaced, does anyone have part numbers or input. It did change om heat to cold out of the drivers side i know theres heat in the box. My 2012 dodge avenger only blows cold air from passenger side of car. When the door is turned by the blend door actuator it will block cold air, turn it the other way and it will block hot air. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Why is the driver side blows cold air and the passenger side. And the most common reason for the heater only blowing hot air from one side is a faulty actuator. My windows roll dow automatically when i unlock the car from the remote.
What can be the cause of a car not blowing hot air on the passenger side, either on the. It is the actuator on the left toward the back,thats harder to reach,that is the actuator that controls the cold and hot. Car makers used to rely on cables to change the position of the blend door. Heat is blowing on passenger side, but cold air is blowing on. When that happens, the hvac system can be stuck on blows cold air or blows hot air. My heat blows out of the passenger vents but blows cold air out of. The 2015 nissan rogue has 26 problems reported for a cheater not working properly. Also when i turn the car off and open drivers side door. Why is the heat only working in the drivers side and not the passenger side. If you keep working the heater controls you should be able to see which one isnt moving.
Heat on passenger side and cold air comes out driver side. Ac blows how hot air on driver side and cold air on. So i just closed off the driver s side vents for now and cranked up the heat out of the passenger side vents. Heat only blows on driver side, cold air blows on passenger side. I highly doubt this is a plugged heater core problem as the car only has 12,000 miles and one side is still working. If your car is not blowing warm air into the cabin and the coolant level is fine, then you could have an issue with your heater core. Oct 27, 2018 its blowing warm on driver sid and cold on passenger side. Hvac heat blows warmhot on drivers side, coolcold passenger. Plus my heater is blowing cold air out on the passenger side to. Why am i blowing hot air out the drivers side and cold. What do i do if my cars heater isnt pushing out hot air just cold. The heating system could blow cold air if that valve is stuck in the close position. Is your heater sometimes blowing cold air instead of heat. They did replace the valves on the ac just a week ago so i took it back to the shop and he put a scanner on the car.
Also everything else works well and there is no clicking in dash. In my car, the drivers side was only blowing like normal temperature air not hot and not cold, while the passenger side was ice cold. Driver s side blows hot air, but passenger side, just cold. Im getting heat blowing out of the drivers side vents, but not passenger side. There was also an antifreeze smell that got progressively worse. Some new car owners,think this is a heater core issue. However, some drivers experience issues like their car heater blowing cold air. The ac blows nice and cold on the passenger side, but no cold air blows from the driver side. So one side is freezing cold air, the other side super hot air. If a cars ac does not blow cold while idling but does blow cold air. Why is the driver side blows cold air and the passenger side blows hot air on a lincoln ls v6 2000 when the heater is on.
Ac works well both side though, this appears to only be a heat issue. Why does the driver side heater blow cold air and the passenger. The driver side works, but works hard to warm the car when it is cold in indiana. Is there an electical vent shutter that could be letting too much cold air from outside mix with the heated air on that side. Why am i blowing hot air out the drivers side and cold out. Jan 25, 2019 i have a 2002 ford taurus that i bought used to get my husband to and from cancer treatment so 140 miles 2 times a week. No heat from drivers side vents dodge challenger forum.
Its freezing outside, and all you want is to get in your car and turn on the heat. So cold and hot air will mix giving similar result as you have now. The passenger side blows cold air all the time when the heater is on. Ac blows hot air on one side car problems, car complaints. It can flow heat to the drivers side but not allow coolant to go thru the whole heater core where the air vents for the passenger side draws heated air from.
My heat blows out of the passenger vents but blows cold a. You can also use a suitable screwdriver to fit into the part of the blend door that the actuator plugs onto to turn it and feel if the door is broken or binding. You are correct in your thinking because there is only one heater core. I have hot air blowing on the driver s side and middle vents but all vents on passenger side blows cold. Why am i blowing hot air out the drivers side and cold out of. I am trying to determine how to access the blend doors. Hi guys, any can advice me, the heater of my vehicle is blowing cold air on the driver side only on the passenger front side its fine. Mechanic tried flushing the system with solvent, no luck. Michellethere are two actuators to the left and one on the right behind the glove box.
Cold air blowing passenger side toyota sienna forum. Vent blows cold one side, hot on other side ricks free auto. Ac heater blows hot on driver side cold on passenger side lincoln mkx mks mkz mkt navigator if you have lincoln that blows hot air on the driver side and cold air on passenger side or it blows. All it does is blow out super cold air on the driver side. I am driving 320i e90 2005 model, has anyone expirienced the same problem before or knows how i can solve the problem.
May 09, 2018 drivers changed air temperature far more often than they change the mode defrost, floor heat, dash vents, etc. Aug, 2016 first step is diagnosing the root cause of the lack of heat heres some easy stuff for you to check. In a dual zone system, you wind up with a blows cold one side, hot on. Until the engine warms up, theres no heat for the heater core to extract. If its where its supposed to be, proceed to step 2. Spoke with dealer and they thought it could be the heater core.
Heat passenger side of my car chrysler 2012 200 blows cold air while the drivers side blows warm air. All these concurrences leading to the problem of car heater blowing cold air. Why is the driver side blows cold air and the passenger. The car warms up and you get sort of warm air but if you put the fan higher it starts blowing colder all this time it stays in the middle between hot and cold. What happens though when this car heater that is so valuable to us during these crazy winter months begins to blow cold air. When a thermostat gets stuck to the open position, the engine takes a much longer time to warm up.
I know one of the first things i do on cold winter mornings before heading out is starting my car and turning the heat on. How to fix a car heater that is only blowing cold air quora. Why is the heater in my car blowing out cold air and not. Heater issue passenger side blows cold air cargurus.
Audi a4 heater blowing cold on one side page 1 audi. Heater only blowing warm air on drivers side toyota. With the actuator not attached to the air distrubution chamber, you can use the control panel to change the temperature from hot to cold and back and watch to see if the actuator is turning. The evaporator core is on the passenger side of the vehicle on most makes, so that is why you get cold air on the passenger side. Why does the driver side heater blow cold air and the passenger side blow. Heat blowing cold air on passenger side vents help. The blend door is situated where hot and cold air enter the ducts for the vents, one on the driver side and one on the passenger side. Heat blows cold on drivers side and hot on passenger side. Ac dashboard blowing warm on driver side and cold on. My car has the passenger side blowing hot air and the drivers. My car has the passenger side blowing hot air and the. Ive read that this could be an blend door actuator that needs to be replaced. A blend door can get stuck open, resulting in all heat all the time, or stuck partially closed so.
The tdi has an electric heater in it that heats air until the engine heat is sufficient to take over. Preheating your vehicle before heading out on your commute is a common practice among many drivers, especially in the plainfield, indianapolis, fishers, and bloomington areas. I will still stand by my statements of this and other threads, a plugging up heater core. Heater blows hot air from drivers side and cold air from. By the time the cold air makes it to the driver s side, it has picked up a lot of heat, and you feel the difference. Turn dial all the way to cold, passenger and driver vents blow cold air expected turn dial all the way to hot, passenger side blowing out the same cold air but driver s side blowing extremely hot air. Dec 06, 2011 heat blows cold on drivers side and hot on passenger side. Iirc it only heats air in the drivers side, so if the heater core is not functioning and letting hot water through, it would prevent it from providing the normal heat and the cold incoming air would be blown out all vent that are upstream of the electric heater. My 2007 linccoln town car blows hot air out the driver. Passenger side, no heat from vents dodge avenger forum. When i turned on my heat the other night in my car.
Do you have a honda that blows warm air out of the left side vents and cold air out of the right side vents when you are operating your air conditioning. I got heat out of the passenger side and cold air out of the driver side. There are often mutiple blend doors and therefor actuators that control airflow to your vehicles various spaces, one of these have probably failed, causing the warm air to only go to one side of the cabin. Heater only blows heat on passenger side, blows cold on drivers side what is is there is a door that was designed for dual climate control inside the dasheven if you may not have dual climate control you still have the door for it and it fails. Or has the heat stopped working altogether in your car or truck. You can close the vent output physically, but it wont solve the problem. Driver side blowing cold, when heater is on, passenger side is hot. Why does the driver side heater blow cold air and the. The angle that the heater core is mounted in the hvac box inside the dashboard is the culprit. In a dual zone system, you wind up with a blows cold one side, hot on other side condition. Heat is blowing on passenger side, but cold air is blowing on driver. My 2014 armada is blowing cold air while the heater is on. Heat passenger side of my car chrysler 2012 200 blows.
On a cold and frosty morning, as you head out, theres nothing quite as comforting as the warmth and comfort of your car. Nov 14, 2009 why is the driver side blows cold air and the passenger side blows hot air on a lincoln ls v6 2000 when the heater is on. It eventually closed off and is blowing heat, but the rear blows cold. So if one side is hot, then the heater core is fine. If you do so, some amount of passenger air goes through driver s vent and vice versa. Heater turned up full blast on both sides and passenger side gets cookin and drivers side basically blow room temp vent air. Jan 03, 2010 the heater vents on the passenger side are blowing out cold air while the vents on the drivers side are blowing out hot air. There will be a slight amount of warm air on passenger side with the fan heater only blowing warm air on drivers side toyota 4runner forum largest 4runner forum. This is the reason that it takes a while for heaters to start blowing warm air. If you suspect that something is amiss with your car s heater core, watch for these signs. Air that went through the left side of the heater core comes out the left side vents.
Heat only on driver side clogged heater core tdiclub forums. The way the car was telling me that there is a problem is whenever i tried to put fuel in it, the. No heat on passenger side car problems, car complaints. Theres nothing like getting into a warm car during the brisk winter. Replaced the blend door actuator behind the glove box. Many cars have dual climate controls and as a result they will have 2 actuators that will switch from hot to cold and the other way around. Mine was blowing cold air on the drivers side on hot on the passengers side and thats the one that had to. Plugged heater cores can also cause a car s heater to blow cold. Heater only blows heat on passenger side, blows cold on drivers side.
If your car heater is blowing cold air all of a sudden, you might be looking at a steep repair. Car blows hot on driver side cold on passenger side lincoln mkx ford edge if your car heater or ac blows how on one side and cold on the other side, let say the heater blows hot on driver side and. Dec 15, 2014 i know one of the first things i do on cold winter mornings before heading out is starting my car and turning the heat on. The air conditioner blows cold air from the passenger side, but hot air from driver side. First step is diagnosing the root cause of the lack of heat heres some easy stuff for you to check. My car has the passenger side blowing hot air and the drivers side. But, when i start the car in the morning its cold obviously. Mar 31, 2011 i have heat coming only out the passenger side of the car when using the heater. The best way to check for this is a noncontact thermometer, which will allow you to check if coolant is flowing through the heater core or not. It is winter, answered by a verified auto mechanic. Heater blowing cold air on passenger side cargurus. When the heater blows slightly warm instead of cold air, a thermostat with stuck open valves is to be blamed for.
The ac started acting up again with blowing ice cold on the passenger side and warm on the driver side. However, when you select the lower vents, there is no common mix plenum. Hello, i have a 2000 chevy impala with 76,000 miles. Cold air driver side but heat on passenger side works. Heater blows hot air on the driver side, but it blows cool air on the passenger side. The heat in my dodge journey only works on the drivers side and i am only g. Its also the reason that a plugged heater core, stuck thermostat, or air in the cooling system can all cause a cars heater to blow cold. It is clear from the above discussion that the cold air problem is most likely to stem from the heater core. Heat is blowing on passenger side, but cold air is blowing.