Hi All,
I have a 2002 Ram 1500 - 4.7L
The heater has been giving me some issues. It seems to take some time to get hot. But more than that - it only blows out warm air (not real warm) when I'm accelerating or going at a constant fairly high speed (40+). As soon as I start to decelerate or if driving slow (or idling) it starts blowing cool air (not a/c just not warm).
Lastly - even when the air is hot - if I put the fan on high or one step down - it seems to cool a bit. I could understand the fan blowing at higher rates could cool it down a bit but seems like more of a difference than I would expect.
I do know I have a blend door problem as the air only comes out the front vents - never at the bottom or defrost vents.
There may be a small leak somewhere in the coolant system but not sure yet. And I did have the coolant system flushed last year - which I was hoping would clean out any junk in the core.
Any ideas? And thanks in advance
I apologize if this has been covered in another thread but I couldn't find anything.
One other thing I have noticed lately: I have found some foam insulation that has fallen out of the bottom (passenger) side of the dash, and have also seen bits come out the vents on occasion. Not sure where that's coming from yet.
I have a 2002 Ram 1500 - 4.7L
The heater has been giving me some issues. It seems to take some time to get hot. But more than that - it only blows out warm air (not real warm) when I'm accelerating or going at a constant fairly high speed (40+). As soon as I start to decelerate or if driving slow (or idling) it starts blowing cool air (not a/c just not warm).
Lastly - even when the air is hot - if I put the fan on high or one step down - it seems to cool a bit. I could understand the fan blowing at higher rates could cool it down a bit but seems like more of a difference than I would expect.
I do know I have a blend door problem as the air only comes out the front vents - never at the bottom or defrost vents.
There may be a small leak somewhere in the coolant system but not sure yet. And I did have the coolant system flushed last year - which I was hoping would clean out any junk in the core.
Any ideas? And thanks in advance
I apologize if this has been covered in another thread but I couldn't find anything.
One other thing I have noticed lately: I have found some foam insulation that has fallen out of the bottom (passenger) side of the dash, and have also seen bits come out the vents on occasion. Not sure where that's coming from yet.