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broken air con

  • 25-05-2012 10:55am
    #1
    shygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭


    hi guys, just after buying a ford fiesta 00,everythings fine exect the air conditioning dial is broken and the car only blows warm air so this coupled with d warm weather is killing me.any ideas what to do to fix it? keep it simple aswell im bad with cars :) Thanks


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  • #2
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,472 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    shygal wrote: »
    hi guys, just after buying a ford fiesta 00,everythings fine exect the air conditioning dial is broken and the car only blows warm air so this coupled with d warm weather is killing me.any ideas what to do to fix it? keep it simple aswell im bad with cars :) Thanks

    simple eh?

    open the windows :D


  • #3
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Do you mean the dial is physically broken or you just mean that it doesnt cool the car. The fiestas I think have a problem with a faulty valve on the coolant pipework around the bulkhead (area that seperates engine from car interior) that can cause this issue.


  • #4
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    shygal wrote: »
    hi guys, just after buying a ford fiesta 00,

    Did you buy it from a Garage with a warranty ?


  • #5
    shygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭shygal


    yeah garage gave no warrenty for anything under 5000 euro,its just the dial itself doesnt work,only blows warm air,help


  • #6
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭FGR


    When a garage sells to a private customer they're still liable for the goods to work as they're supposed to unless they mentioned the AC problem to you prior to sale.

    'No warranty' cannot be applied to a private seller so they're responsible for it. Unless you want to kick up a storm with them I'd suggest you go to a mechanic and let him diagnose the fault.

    With the weather we're having I'm swearing by the AC. Don't know how I managed in days of old!


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Heater control valve me thinks, common on them and the Ka too.
    shygal wrote: »
    yeah garage gave no warrenty for anything under 5000 euro..........

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  • #8
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    shygal wrote: »
    yeah garage gave no warrenty for anything under 5000 euro,its just the dial itself doesnt work,only blows warm air,help


    As above, the valve that opens and closes to allow/stop the hot water getting into the interior rad..which then heats or cools the air is a very common failure on these.

    BTW, Its the temperature control dial, its not air conditioning. Its very unlikely that an Irish 00 Fiesta has air conditioning.


  • #9
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    BTW, Its the temperature control dial, its not air conditioning. Its very unlikely that an Irish 00 Fiesta has air conditioning.

    there's one in my house.


  • #10
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    there's one in my house.


    I never said they don't exist, but they are a very tiny percentage of all the fiesta models sold. Sure even many of the latest model fiesta's, 12 years later, still don't have A/C.


  • #11
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    I never said they don't exist, but they are a very tiny percentage of all the fiesta models sold. Sure even many of the latest model fiesta's, 12 years later, still don't have A/C.

    "BTW, Its the temperature control dial, its not air conditioning." You just stated as a fact that it's not A/C!!

    I'd say it's more likely they were throwing in A/C and other extras in some promotion at the time and there's probably plenty of them around.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    "BTW, Its the temperature control dial, its not air conditioning." You just stated as a fact that it's not A/C!!

    I'd say it's more likely they were throwing in A/C and other extras in some promotion at the time and there's probably plenty of them around.

    Like f*ck he did ....
    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    ...............

    BTW, Its the temperature control dial, its not air conditioning. Its very unlikely that an Irish 00 Fiesta has air conditioning.


  • #13
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    "BTW, Its the temperature control dial, its not air conditioning." You just stated as a fact that it's not A/C!!

    I'd say it's more likely they were throwing in A/C and other extras in some promotion at the time and there's probably plenty of them around.

    I said the dial she is talking about is not A/C. A/C is activated by a single button, the temperature control button is the same weather the car has A/C or not.


  • #14
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    It was still sunny outside at 10 where I live


  • #15
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The ghia model had aircon, it's common enough on fiestas towards the end of the model


  • #16
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭FGR


    Great system too. Had it in an LX model. Turned the little car into a freezer.


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