Heating question
I have a 2001 sebring with the 2.4 dohc motor. The car was dripping coolant very slowly and I'd refill it and the heat would work. I just changed the pcm and drained and refilled the coolant to get ready for winter and after refilling it my heat doesn't work. I bleed the air from the cooling system using the bleeder valve and the coolant is full. What could cause the heat to not work. The car isn't overheating so I'm assuming it's not the water pump right?
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first of all fix where the leak is coming from
second are the heater core lines getting hot both of them hot where you cant hold into them? |
Originally Posted by CHRYSLER TECH
(Post 102659)
first of all fix where the leak is coming from
second are the heater core lines getting hot both of them hot where you cant hold into them? Any ideas??? |
are we talking the vents r no heat which one because your talking about 2 different issues
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Originally Posted by CHRYSLER TECH
(Post 102697)
are we talking the vents r no heat which one because your talking about 2 different issues
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Originally Posted by Matt1118
(Post 102698)
I'm more concerned about the heat not getting hot because if I turn the vent knob back and forth it usually returns to normal. Thought it could be related though, that's why I mentioned it.
I pulled the carpet back on the passenger side and you can see the actuator from underneath, kinda behind where the radio is. I could see all the mode door actuator functioning when I'd turn the mode control nob from floor to vent to defrost, this uses a similar actuator. While turning the temp nob from cold to hot I could see that the blend door actuator was not working. This actuator is held on by 3 bolts, 2 of them you can get at just by pulling the carpet back but the third you cannot. To get at the third one you'd have to literally take your whole dash and center consol apart ant this is alot of work. The actuator itself only costs about $20. I saw an online estimate for having this actuator replaced by a shop and it said $500- $700. This is almost all labor cost because it's hard to get to. i decided to unplug the electrical connector from mine and I turned the blend door to full heat by hand, you can see what the actuator turns especially if you watch how the mode door actuator functions. Now my heat will be on full hot all the time but that's fine with me because it's getting cold out. I can still control my fan speed and the mode because that all still works. Hope this helps someone else that has a similar situation. |
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