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Old 12-05-2008, 02:17 PM
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Heater problem

The heater works really well except for it won't switch into w/shield defrost. It's electronic controls and I can change it into every mode and when I change it to defrost it shows on the display that it's working but nothing switches on and doesn't blow out of the front vents. Any ideas?
Old 12-05-2008, 02:39 PM
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Oh yeah, on a 99 limited
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No one has any ideas? I'd like to know if it's something easily done before I take it in.
Old 12-05-2008, 03:06 PM
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Sounds like the heater control is going out....a very common, and rather spendy problem.
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Heater control? Like the head unit or something inside of the dash?
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Took the dash apart, checked the wiring all the vents everything looked fine... put it together and it started working again. I hope it keeps working and was just something simple. Thanks for tryin to help DC.
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Sometimes just cleaning them out fixes them, but keep on eye on it in case it starts doing it again.
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