Heater Stuck On

[GTR1993]

Hey, ill give some background to the story.

About 9 months ago before my car was defected the heater got stuck on, after a few hours it went back to normal operation and didn't have a problem.

The car has sat defected in my garage for around 7 months, just today i got it all back to stock and started it. The heater when ever i turn on the climate control, no matter what the temp setting is, its hot.

I done the AC diagnostic and i got this

first one screen lights up - normal

second one 25 - but that was indoors so no sunlight

third said 3 then after 5 seconds 30 then 5 seconds 3 and so on - not sure if thats ok?

forth said 41 and went through ll to 47 they all hot

the temps in 5 were 29 27 18 16 - so these look to be ok

This leads me to belive that the heater tap is sticky, or the motor is not working that operates the tap, or there is a loose wire to the motor.

Any other input?

Cheers

[adam-__-]

The sensors look like they're reading fine to me. I would say that the motor which controls the hot/cool air is stuck. Really common problem on the R32's.

In your passenger's foot well, look behind the center where the head unit will be (behind dash) and you'll see the motor which controls it. Try fiddling with the cables which control it and see if the motor moves. If not, try manually move it. If it still doesn't work, the motor's most probably gone. Now that it's nearly winter (in Australia), just manually turn it to the 'hot' and leave it, but if you rather the cool air, turn it to the cool one.

Hope that made some sense. If not, I'll try to get some pics for you of what I'm talking about.

Edit: If your other motor's still working (the one which moves the direction of air), change it from blowing on your feet to your face and take a look at the motor on the driver's side. The motor which controls the direction of air is on the driver's side and what you see moving is what I was talking about moving on the heater tap motor. It should be white.

Don't think that made sense to you at all.

Edited May 13, 2008 by adam-__-

[GTR1993]

Nah i get it, ill check it out today.

How is the motor connected to the tap, just by a metal rod? should be hard to figure out ill update you all soon.

[GTR1993]

Hey thanks for the help its fixed now, as soon as i looked under there i seen the problem, a stereo cable was pusing on the leaver, moved it and fixed the problem! lucky was so easy.

[adam-__-]

haha I'm glad you understood my explanation and that you got it working again.