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Climate Controls 850 1997

posted by  someone claiming to be Nathan Valles on  Tue Dec 18 12:42 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Here is the problem. I like the temp about 70 when I am driving unfortunately this is too cold for my wife who likes to set her side quite a bit higher, usually up around 78. Now that it is cold and we have to use the heater we have noticed that when the car gets up to about 70 degrees or whatever the drivers side is set to on AUTO, then the fan quits blowing and little or no air comes out of the heater vents on her side. If we manually turn the fan on, then she gets all the heat she needs and my side stays confortable too. On AUTO the fan shuts down when the drivers side reaches it's optimal temp. I have tried it with the drivers side set to 60 and the passenger side set to 80 and with the drivers side set to 80 and the passenger side set to 60, in both cases the temp on the drivers side controlled how long the fan stayed on.

Does that sound right. We are new to the car so I don't have a lot of experience with this system. It seems to me that the fan should stay on until both sides are as warm or cold as person wants, and then should slow down or shut off.







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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    Could it be the damping switch ??? I think are about 4 damping switch if 1 go wrong or out it will not fuctions correctly...

    Now this is just a crazy guess...

    Good luck



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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    the driver side of the a/c is what set the fan speed on auto. when you wife sets it at 78 and you have it at 70 all the car dose is take the same air going to you and run some air that comes from the heater to your wife.


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