Thanks for the upload mate. I have the issue today. I turn to cold it's fine it blows air cold. But if I turn to hot, I can just about feel hot air but majority it's cold air. And the knob when I turn it right for hot air. The knob goes back to the left into cold by itself. Like a rubber pulling the knob back to the left. I got a feeling maybe the wire got knackered as well. I will check it tomorrow.
You just saved me a small fortune my friend 😊garage said it might have been the heater matrix or thermostat, but I knew from the change in the pressure on the knob that it was gunna something like this. Many thanks for giving me the confidence to do this simple job 👌🏻
My father-in-law has had this problem for about 3 years and just lived with it. I had some time, so started searching. I came across this video, and within 10 mins it was done and the prob was exactly as in your video.…! It can be done with the radio still attached..! 👍🏻
I'll also add my commendations & thanks ! Well done on finding the issue + solution AND sharing (such deeds restore some of my faith in humanity haha !) It's saved me wasting more time & ££ money on a mechanic (I'd also gone over the cooling system, relay etc). very much appreciated, cheers
Legend mate! I watched this video, grabbed by Philips screw driver. Had it fixed without disconnecting the radio and sorted in less than 5 minutes. Thank you good sir 🫡
Sorry I have no heat it's like a very mild warm breeze if that makes any sense,,not cold and not warm,,,it's like as if something not opening to allow heat in but still I can work the legs, dash,head vents no bother but as for the temp dial in the middle no difference at all,regards temp
Hi I do have a similar problem, everything check's out ,heater,pipes,stats,filters etc,,,,but my cable is fine no twist but would you know what's on the end of that cable is it the blend door,,or a shutter unit that allows the heat in,can it be snapped or broken would you know,, cheers john
Mate, you're an absolute legend! My heating has been gone nearly a year now and I saw your video last night and now it's fixed! I'd love to buy you a drink!
Thank you Captain Peg. 2 weeks ago my dial stiffened then "gave way" and I thought something had snapped but would have been the cable kinking. Fixed in 20 mins,
Thank you so much for this video, this was the same issue I had so watching your video helped me resolve it, I managed to straighten the wire without unplugging the radio too so only took me a few minutes, thanks again
Had exactly the same problem and fixed it in 10 mins 😊didn’t even need to disconnect the stereo power, so no hunting for the unlock code. Thank you for sharing, you’re a gent!! ATB Kev
My 2009 Ford Focus Mk2 has a digital aircon console with separate climate settings for left and right passengers. The problem is that the heater wont turn off properly on one side when i need AC. Air comes out a bit warm. How to solve it?
Just took mine out and the cables snapped. Does anyone know is it easy to replace the whole cable as It looks like it feeds into the glove box or passenger well.
I'm only getting half the amount of heat that I'm supposed to get ,so I'm thinking this could be my problem, if not at least it's a good start, thanks for sharing
It's sometimes the simplest things that cause the most problems. I've been on forums before looking for advice and people always seem to jump to the most complicated answers to a problem where in the end it's usually been something simple and if I'd followed the advice off the forums I'd have spent loads of time and money but not fixed the problem. I think some people like to think they know more than they actually do.
Thanks Sir, you just saved me a lot of work. I'd diagnosed the problem down to somewhere between the control knob and the flap that lets the heat into the cabin, when I saw your video. Lo-and-behold the kink was there - didn't even need to disconnect the stereo to fix it :-D So glad I didn't need to remove the glove box, fuse box and half a ton of plastic.
Frickin life saver. Chatting to my dad other day he mentioned about the heating not working on his Focus and the garage tried mugging him off for £400, I told him Il try and find a solution...found your video as a starting point and well shiiiiit the cable had a kink in it, fixed in seconds, perfect 👍👌