To change the cabin air filter on a 2000 Buick Century or similar vehicle, first with the hood down, turn the ignition on, turn the wipers on, turn the ignition off with the wipers straight up. Lift the hood and go to the passenger side of the car. Remove the retainer next to the passenger … Continue reading “Changing The Cabin Air Filter On A 2000 Buick Century”
The customer called and said that their 1998 Chevrolet Astro van only had the high blower working but by the time it showed up a couple of days later the blower had stopped altogether. Simple test for no blower on an older high mileage vehicle, turn the key on, set the blower to high and … Continue reading “1998 Chevrolet Astro Van Only High Blower Speed Works”
This 2002 GMC Envoy came in with the complaint of the two lowest blower speeds missing. Because one of the lower speeds worked along with the high speed I knew that both fuses were good and I went directly to the blower resistor which is very prone to failure. The blower resistor and the blower … Continue reading “2002 GMC Envoy No Low Blower Speeds”
This 2003 Chrysler Town & Country Mini Van came in with the complaint that sometimes the air conditioning is not cold and sometimes it works fine. Seeing as how refrigerant charge normally will not cause this condition, I decided to run the vehicle with the a/c on and the controls set to full cold and … Continue reading “2003 Chrysler Town & Country Air Conditioning Compressor Does Not Come On”
After looking at diagrams I found that this Expedition uses vacuum controls to change door positions. I started looking for vacuum line problems under the hood and found the problem behind the battery. You can see the damaged section of the small plastic vacuum line, just slightly lower than center of the following picture. It … Continue reading “1998 Ford Expedition, No Air From Vents, Air Only Flows From Defrost”
The blower, most of the push buttons and the outside temperature display were inop. Checked basic fuses and all were okay. I did some research and found that there is a problem with the outside air / recirculation motors failing and shutting down the control assembly. The motor is located behind the glove box. Before … Continue reading “1998 Toyota Avalon A/C Inop”
Vehicle came in with complaint of no blower operation. Removed hush panel on passenger side below the glove box. Located harness connector for blower motor power regulator. Disconnected harness connector. Checked for battery positive on the Red wire, battery negative on the Brown wire and variable positive voltage on the White wire as controlled by … Continue reading “1999 Mercedes SLK230 Blower Inop”
Vehicle came in with customer complaint of rear a/c inop and the odometer / message center only has dashes displayed. This vehicle was a 2001 Ford Windstar but this repair applies to several years of Windstars. Having seen this problem before I checked to see if any fuses were blown and fuse number 10 was … Continue reading “2001 Ford Windstar Odometer, Cruise Control and Rear Blower Inop”
This car came in with the complaint of the a/c control head was blinking and there was a ticking sound under the dash. Also the customer stated that the headlights go out when this happens. Luckily the symptoms were present along with others. The oil gauge would jump with the ticking sound and I noted … Continue reading “1999 Buick LeSabre, A/C Controls Blinks, Ticking Under Dash”