So this winter my wife has been driving our Honda, recently she told me that the heat isn't very hot. The car has electronic Dual Zone climate control.
I told her that was normal and Honda isn't known for their great heaters.
The heat in my Lexus on the other hand can burn you if you are lucky enough to put your leg by the vent.
Well drove we the Honda to church today and sure enough the driver side vents are lukewarm at best.
The passenger side vents in the middle, side and floor all put out good "Honda heat"
Their is great airflow through both vents. A/C works well on both sides.
I drained the coolant and refilled with genuine Honda blue coolant about 60k/3 yrs ago.
I have been googling everything from clogged heater cores to blend doors to mode actuators.
I don' t think there are 2 separate heater cores just a shared one. I can't imagine it is clogged since the passenger side heat works well.
So I'm leaning towards the blend door/actuator but I cant find and info about how to change this or even where it is located (besides somewhere behind the dash). On my Lexus there is a manual cable-controlled heater valve on the outside of the firewall. No such thing on the Honda.
I need some advice.
I told her that was normal and Honda isn't known for their great heaters.
The heat in my Lexus on the other hand can burn you if you are lucky enough to put your leg by the vent.
Well drove we the Honda to church today and sure enough the driver side vents are lukewarm at best.
The passenger side vents in the middle, side and floor all put out good "Honda heat"
Their is great airflow through both vents. A/C works well on both sides.
I drained the coolant and refilled with genuine Honda blue coolant about 60k/3 yrs ago.
I have been googling everything from clogged heater cores to blend doors to mode actuators.
I don' t think there are 2 separate heater cores just a shared one. I can't imagine it is clogged since the passenger side heat works well.
So I'm leaning towards the blend door/actuator but I cant find and info about how to change this or even where it is located (besides somewhere behind the dash). On my Lexus there is a manual cable-controlled heater valve on the outside of the firewall. No such thing on the Honda.
I need some advice.
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