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Post by iNCY on Feb 14, 2024 0:55:18 GMT
Yesterday my headlights and my heat stopped working. I figured out the headlights situation and got a new fuse, but the no heat thing is confounding me. The fan is blowing but it's just blowing cold air and it's not a fuse cause I tried that. Are any of you good with cars? How old is the car? Have you checked your coolant levels?
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Post by bodyslam on Feb 14, 2024 1:02:10 GMT
iron maiden just making sure we are on the same page. The heat stopped working? Like the air conditioner/heater stopped blowing hot air. Maybe look into the ac/heater control panel not the thermostat. The thermostat controls the engine temperature not the ac/heater.
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Post by UT on Feb 14, 2024 2:14:59 GMT
Yeah, I'm thinking the same. Just odd that it happened same time as my headlights. I'm going to replace the cabin air filter too and maybe flush the coolant system. My car sits a lot now that I work form home 90% of the time. Would you take it in someplace to flush the coolant system or is this something I could do? Do you have it on the red side or the blue side?
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Post by iNCY on Feb 14, 2024 4:28:19 GMT
Yeah, I'm thinking the same. Just odd that it happened same time as my headlights. I'm going to replace the cabin air filter too and maybe flush the coolant system. My car sits a lot now that I work form home 90% of the time. Would you take it in someplace to flush the coolant system or is this something I could do? Do you have it on the red side or the blue side?
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Post by c on Feb 14, 2024 15:37:16 GMT
Gross, mom's car cost 1200 to fix today. I am far too weak to really spend cash these days so I had it thankfully. Otherwise she was gonna credit card it.
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Post by iron maiden on Feb 14, 2024 21:37:35 GMT
Yesterday my headlights and my heat stopped working. I figured out the headlights situation and got a new fuse, but the no heat thing is confounding me. The fan is blowing but it's just blowing cold air and it's not a fuse cause I tried that. Are any of you good with cars? How old is the car? Have you checked your coolant levels? 2017 Toyota IM Yes. Checked coolant levels and I took it to my mechanic today and coolant is good. Looks like it might be the control panel as bodyslam suggested. I have to pick up a new battery too. The last really cold snap we had in January pretty much killed it. Yeah, I'm thinking the same. Just odd that it happened same time as my headlights. I'm going to replace the cabin air filter too and maybe flush the coolant system. My car sits a lot now that I work form home 90% of the time. Would you take it in someplace to flush the coolant system or is this something I could do? Do you have it on the red side or the blue side? Don't be a dink. My car is too new to have a 'blue or red side'. It has a digital control panel jackass.
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Post by UT on Feb 14, 2024 22:02:04 GMT
How old is the car? Have you checked your coolant levels? 2017 Toyota IM Yes. Checked coolant levels and I took it to my mechanic today and coolant is good. Looks like it might be the control panel as bodyslam suggested. I have to pick up a new battery too. The last really cold snap we had in January pretty much killed it. Do you have it on the red side or the blue side? Don't be a dink. My car is too new to have a 'blue or red side'. It has a digital control panel jackass. Two namecalls in one post is hurtful.
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Post by Foos on Feb 14, 2024 23:36:54 GMT
2017 Toyota IM Yes. Checked coolant levels and I took it to my mechanic today and coolant is good. Looks like it might be the control panel as bodyslam suggested. I have to pick up a new battery too. The last really cold snap we had in January pretty much killed it. Don't be a dink. My car is too new to have a 'blue or red side'. It has a digital control panel jackass. Two namecalls in one post is hurtful. Which do you prefer? Dink or jackass? I call a couple of my friends dinks, so that's my vote.
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Post by Ness on Feb 14, 2024 23:37:31 GMT
You can't be a dink if you have kids!
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Post by Foos on Feb 14, 2024 23:43:18 GMT
You can't be a dink if you have kids! You're thinking of D.I.N.K.S. My friends who are dinks certainly have kids. And I think UT has proven over the years that despite being a father of a brood that he can still be a dink.
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Post by iron maiden on Feb 14, 2024 23:50:36 GMT
You can't be a dink if you have kids! You're thinking of D.I.N.K.S. My friends who are dinks certainly have kids. And I think UT has proven over the years that despite being a father of a brood that he can still be a dink. He was both a dink and a jackass in this case so I stand by my double name calling.
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Post by UT on Feb 15, 2024 0:30:33 GMT
I can definitely be a dink. I think.
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Post by iNCY on Feb 15, 2024 0:54:44 GMT
2017 Toyota IM Yes. Checked coolant levels and I took it to my mechanic today and coolant is good. Looks like it might be the control panel as bodyslam suggested. I have to pick up a new battery too. The last really cold snap we had in January pretty much killed it. Don't be a dink. My car is too new to have a 'blue or red side'. It has a digital control panel jackass. Two namecalls in one post is hurtful. Three is fine though right?
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Post by UT on Feb 15, 2024 0:59:20 GMT
Two namecalls in one post is hurtful. Three is fine though right? Not at all you dink jackass son of a bitch.
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Post by iron maiden on Mar 8, 2024 18:31:41 GMT
iron maiden just making sure we are on the same page. The heat stopped working? Like the air conditioner/heater stopped blowing hot air. Maybe look into the ac/heater control panel not the thermostat. The thermostat controls the engine temperature not the ac/heater. So turned out to be my thermostat stuck open. It was still blowing, but blowing cold air which really sucked during last week when it was -25. Ironically, the diagnostic computer did not show any issues. I told them what the issue was, so when they called I wasn't shocked. I was shocked when they told me it was going to cost me $200 more than I thought. I was going to attempt to do it myself, but I didn't have the right tools and I honestly had a hard time getting to the T-Stat so I broke down and took it in and braced myself. But other than some body work and brakes in the Spring, I should be good now for awhile. *fingers crossed* UT is still a dink.
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