Heater in 01 ford taurus?

Question

i have a 01 for tuarus and the heater in it isnt working. it isnt even really drawing any heat from the motor. I was wondering what the problem could be. it is a very litle warm like maybe 60-70 on its hotest temp and it should be sweating us out and we are barley not frozen. I am just asking what could it be? and is it simple or hard to fix if you think you know the answer . thanx nick

Answer 1

Check and see if the heater core is not plugged up
1. Bring the engine up to operating temperature
2. Feel the heater hoses The small hose attached to the water pump and the other attached to the thermostat housing or near by.
3. Both hoses should feel to hot to handle.
If they are both hot then it could be another problem
1. The heater/ AC selector switch ( the one in the middle with the red and blue markings on it) could be bad.
A.Between terminal 1 and 3 should read approximately 5,000 Ohms
B Between terminal 1 and 2 should vary between 300 to 5,000 Ohms depending on the position of the selector from full hot to full cold.
2. If the selector switch is OK then the problem may be the blend door motor being faulty.

Answer 2

It could be several problems. The heater core could be plugged up (will need to be replaced). The thermostat on the motor could be stuck open. (if the engine reaches normal operating temp. this is not the problem). There is a valve that controls the flow of the engine coolant to the heater core that could be staying closed. This could be electrical or vacuum controled. Beyond that there also could be a problem w/ the heater controls themselves (in the dash)The heater core and control are a fair amount of work. The thermostat and valve under the hood aren't too bad.

Answer 3

check the engine thermostat first, no coolant flow will cause this (as well as low coolant level) and then make sure that the heater hoses themselves do not have a separate thermostatic valve that keeps coolant from entering the heater core until it has reached the proper temp.both of these need to function or you will not get heat . also do you have a temp guage , what is it reading when you start cold the engine should warm uop to about 180 or 200 degrees and then the thermostat should open, this causes temp. to drop again, and at a certain temp. thermostat should close until temp increasesback to 180 -200 range (this cycles the whole time you are driving)

Answer 4

it could be that your heater core isn't working. The way a heater works is that radiator fluid is passed through a little radiator looking thing called a heater core and it heats the little radiator up and your fan blows air across it blowing the hot air into your car. That would be my guess anyway.

Answer 5

Take it to a garage, it could be a number of things, heater fan, fan motor, heater core , heater switch, start by checking the fuses.

Answer 6

people have pretty much told you about checking the coolant side.. but most of them was something called a "blend door motor" breaking internally and just ratchets and will not move the temperature door to heat... sometimes the door itself breaks but usually it's the motor.

This vehicle (3.0 2valve anyway) doesn't use a heater control valve

Answer 7

If the engine gets to operating temp. and the heater doesn't heat, heater core blocked, or water pump impeller worn out.

Answer 8

The FIRST thing to check is that the radiator is full. A low radiator fluid level will cause this problem. I'm not talking about the plastic overflow tank, I mean the radiator itself. Check it out.