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Old Jan 30, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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Today I got in my car to go to school and I noticed the lights on the buttons on my climate control weren't on. I checked my AC and it didn't work. The compressor and the pully still turn on, but no air blows out. I also noticed that my rear defroster didn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas??? Again, no air blows out (AC button pushed or not) and even my rear defroster doesn't work. Please help!!!
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Old Jan 30, 2003 | 11:33 PM
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Sounds like a fuse. Check the fusebox in the driver side footwell and also the one in the engine bay next to the battery.
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Old Feb 1, 2003 | 04:04 PM
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The fuse for the rear defroster, heater blower motor, and cooling fan relay keeps blowing. I replaced the relay but that didn't fix it. It will work for a little while, then blow again. I'm pretty concerned because my cooling fan isn't turning on. Does anyone have ANY ideas at all??? Please help.
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Old Feb 1, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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I don't know the solution, but you can temporarily hard wire a manual switch for the cooling fan just so that your car won't overheat while you drive it -- just temporary until you find out what's really wrong. :dunno:

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Old Feb 1, 2003 | 07:26 PM
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for a temp solution, cut the positive wire, and wirer it directly to the pos. of the battery, it will alaways be on, but you wont worry about overheating until you get the problem fixed.
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Old Feb 1, 2003 | 08:34 PM
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Originally posted by upgraded Si
for a temp solution, cut the positive wire, and wirer it directly to the pos. of the battery, it will alaways be on, but you wont worry about overheating until you get the problem fixed.
yea but then you will drain the battery when the car is off,..trust me i know this because i have a switch to turn my fan on when my temp gauge hits 180 on my b20 and i have forgotten a couple times to turn it off when i get out of the car,...if you are gonna do a fan switch make sure you use a switch that has a light so that it will tell you when you have it on or off
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Old Feb 1, 2003 | 11:43 PM
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I guess I could do a manual switch for the fan for now, but I still would like to find the source of the problem. I know I would rather work on an engine any day than deal with an electrical problem (especially finding a short). Thanks for the suggestion. I anyone else has any ideas please let me know.
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