Heater - Always on hot

[mattih5]

Hi,

I've noticed a problem with the heating system in my Clio 172 02. No matter what temperature I set the climate control to, it seems to distribute hot air. I can still control the flow of air and all the other controls, just not the temperature; seems to be hot all the time.

Any ideas? It's alright for the time being but I certainly wouldn't want that in summer, LOL.

Thanks in advance,

 

[boffey]

may need to regas the air con or something like that

 

[TomBear]

or open a window

 

[Fletcher]

I'd take it to a garage, and get it looked at

 

[bmh.01]

Or to be helpful either the cabin temp sensors is rodgered or theres a problem with the temp adjustment stepper motor, probably just be the sensor though. Sensors cost a few quid from renault and tend to make an irritating noise anyway after a while.

 

[mattih5]

may need to regas the air con or something like that

Yes the air con does need regassing as this summer it wasn't cool enough. I drove the car late last night and tested the heating and it appeared to work fine. I tried it on hot and the car heated up and then put the controller down to min and it began spitting out cool air.

Weird....

Regassing; does anyone know where I can get that done or how much it costs?

 

[Josh@Renparts]

regassing it will make no difference, people always say this, it would still come through cool especially this time of year, the fault is with the distribution motor, do a search its been covered a number of time, the teeth inside the electric motor that controls the mix of cold/warm air has one of its gears stripped rendering it in-op.

 

[Aids172]

Happened to my 02 172 too mate.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=308548&highlight=air+con+hot

I followed this and got it fixed for the price of a cable tie.

Hope that helps