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AC trouble codes 850 1993



IIRC this means that the Damper motor was supposed to change something (either open or close one side or the other) and had 12 seconds to do it. It didn't get the job done which sets the code. When this happens the car goes into a defrost only setting where air only comes off the windshield.. The motor isn't currently running which could mean dead motor, or it could just not be functioning because of the 3-1-4. 3-1-4 means one of the wires leading to the motor is shorted and it cuts off the power to the motor until the problem is fixed. I don't know how often the motor checks if its fixed, but you can get it to run diagnostics. I believe you put it in auto/auto with a/c and recirculation, and a/c on as cold as it gets and start the car. It takes a couple of minutes then the car tells you what all is wrong...

Then check the codes, see if anything else occurred.
Then I'd check fuses 5 and 31 making sure nothing is amiss.

Then I'd pull out the damper motor and make sure its clean. I suspect its dirty and got clogged up. You have to pull out the glove box and its on the console side.

If you get 3-1-4 again then you have a different beast.






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New AC trouble codes [850][1993]
posted by  Big Harry  on Mon Sep 13 07:08 CST 2010 >


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