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Old 07-06-2017, 11:14 AM
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There are many reasons your car will blow cold air in certain areas. First check your freon level. It should be full because it's a closed system. If not then you have to find the slow leak usually at the schrader valve. Very rare you will have a leak on the line unless you have had a lot of work done to your car.

Your IHKA could be a reason. Commonly you're setting but you should know how to work the settings. Then it could be the IHKA itself. Not telling us the year/model/miles I don't know how old the part is but it is unlikely your issue.

The number 1 reason I've seen lately is the heater control valve. This would be your issue if your levels are good. You start loosing your a/c in different compartments until it completely fails. Failures are mostly do to gasket leaks inside the part. You can either buy a kit to fix it or buy a brand new part. Both ways are easy to do and will only take a few minutes of your time. The hardest part of it all is disconnecting the heater coolant hoses connected to it.
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Listen to these guys! Warm air on one side and cold on another is a totally legit symptom of too low refrigerant
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