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2002 Dodge Ram 1500.... No heat coming from vents?

I have a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500... I don't get very warm air out of the vents when I have the heater on... I checked the radiator fluid and the resivor is full...You can see circulation when the radiator cap is off... It worked perfectly fine yesterday, but today I can't get more than luke warm air to come out of the vents...Any suggestions? Maybe the thermostat isn't working properly? Your help would be appriciated...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    check t stat could be stuck open or you lost vacuum to heater door check to make sure its moving all the way over

    Source(s): tech over 20 yrs
  • 6 years ago

    I have a 2002 dodge ram 1500 and the heater works somewhat on low speed, but blows cold any higher. I have had the heater core replaced last year with the radiator and had it blushed a week ago. It works for a very short time and then works now and then. I was idling yesterday and it started blowing cold...I left it run, then it started warming up again??? Replaced the thermostat and the heater core was flushed, nothing bad came out of it. Antifreeze is new and looks real good, nothing in it at all. Help!

  • take a small rubber hammer and tap on the thermostat housing to loosen the thermostat but do not use a regular hammer because this will brake housing for thermostat - when you do this make sure that the truck is running with the blower in on position - you will hear the difference when it opens the thermostat because it will get slightly louder just keep putting your hand in front of the vent to check the difference in temps.

  • mar m
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    You might have lost vacuum to the reservoir that holds air. Heating and cooling vents are controlled by "gates" that blend air and move into the warm or cold regions and are moved by vacuum. Check a black tank under the good that looks like a coffee can.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Thermostat might be stuck open, or your heater core is finally clogged to the point of no return and you need to flush it out, or reverse flush it.

  • 1 decade ago

    the resistor is blown if no air is coming out..or somnething is wrong with the vaccum lines

    if not it might be the thermostat

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    there are 2 elctrically controlled mode and blend doors. the doors break at their driveshafts. there is a reivised door that will not break. the dash has to be removed to replace the small box sub section.

  • 1 decade ago

    Low coolant level.

    Got a leak somewhere?

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