hockeylvr93 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Good morning all!! I am having a problem my heater inmy 05 Sub Legacy with 195K on it. Seems when I use the heat to blow on the face, the driver's side is warm, passenger side COOOOLLLD! I thought initially I had a window cracked, but nope. Any ideas or suggestions??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Do you have air flow through the vents on the pass side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 yes but it blows coooooldd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Ok this has me concerned. This is coming up a lot lately on the outback list as well. There have been a couple of fixes: 1- Check to make sure the doors in the HVAC system are all working. If it is actually moving air through the passenger side footwell the door is working. 2-flush the heater core. Flush it repeatedly. No need to flush the entire cooling system. 3- the nuclear option - the heater core is clogged and needs to be replaced. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 this is a real commonality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 hubby tells me that the resevoir was low, coolant added and problem solved...real test will be tomorrow morning at 5am when it's 10 degrees outside!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 ok i spoke too soon, problem NOT solved...:-\ going for the next option now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 there might not be a fix. it could be a design flaw problem that cannot be addressed. hope not, but it sure looks that way. keep me updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 it used to work just fine...how could it now be a design flaw?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 it used to work just fine...how could it now be a design flaw?? you are right. if it did work okay, then we will find a way to get it back to that. With that many miles, have you had the hvac air filtration filter changed yet. They can get quite bad after that many miles. Mine had 89k on it and it was TERRIBLE/double my parents My parents had 36k on theirs, and it was Bad/nasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 do you mean the cabin filter?? we have changed that a few times, it was nothing terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 it used to work just fine...how could it now be a design flaw?? if the heater core is made of a reactive material with the coolant ( maybe the supplier changed the spec). It can have narrow passageways that allow it to clog easily. those would be design flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 do you mean the cabin filter?? we have changed that a few times, it was nothing terrible yeah, that thing is so easy to change... . :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 i drove the car 100K before i even knew there was not an original one in there!! but i change it about every 30K and it's never gross, just a little gray...i don't think that's the problem with the heat though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeylvr93 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Hiya everyone...guess what?? Back to this problem again...still cold as can be on the right side only...no defrost no nothing...it's been awhlie since i posted about this, so i am hopeful maybe by now someone found a solution that worked?? i sure hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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