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(Message started by: packard on Dec 31^st, 2009, 6:51pm)

Title: Heater/climate control not working
Post by packard on Dec 31^st, 2009, 6:51pm

:(My climate control has packed up again! It first gave up about 3 months ago but then started to work again. Could the problem be related to the battery going completly flat while it was having the diff repaired?Does it have a magic program that only Ford and you guys know about? Help it's freezing here :-[

Happy new year.

Title: Re: Heater/climate control not working
Post by scorpio_man on Dec 31^st, 2009, 6:53pm

hi there

have you reset it?
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/ccreset.htm

hth

Title: Re: Heater/climate control not working
Post by packard on Jan 1^st, 2010, 10:21am

I have heat! ;D Many thanks for the info, I don't think my heater has worked properly for years, but it does now!
Thanks again; have a happy and warm new year. 8)

Title: Re: Heater/climate control not working
Post by bri77 on Jan 4^th, 2010, 12:45pm

Hi guys, I also have a very cold car!

Trouble is I've tried the reset (5 times now) to no effect.

I've taken it to a Ford main dealer (who didn't have a clue, but didn't charge me at least).

I have an Ultima 24v which fortunately has the heated seats!

I have found that if I set it to HI with a low fan it pumps out at a couple of degrees above the outside but not enough to defrost it in this weather or to take my coat and scarf off. If I 'boot it' I get a few seconds of heat but no more.

I'm not handy with a spanner, before anyone comes up with anything too complicated! Any help appreciated though! I'm in the Luton area if anyone knows a garage that could help.

Cheers, Bri.

Title: Re: Heater/climate control not working
Post by bri77 on Jan 4^th, 2010, 1:08pm

Ok I've been hunting round here and I guess it's the matrix... One-o-One Ford were 60% sure that's what it was but couldn't order a matrix from Ford of they were 100% sure as no parts for the Scorpio are available on their systems anymore. Helpfully.

Title: Re: Heater/climate control not working
Post by Jonnycab on Jan 4^th, 2010, 1:09pm

Bri, it's sounds like you could have a blocked heater matrix :(

A sure way to confirm this is to get the engine up to temp & then grab hold of the matrix pipes. They should be too hot to hold for more than a few seconds, but if the out pipe is cold or cooler than the in pipe, then you probably have a blocked or restricted matrix.

Good luck :)

Title: Re: Heater/climate control not working
Post by harry.m1byt on Jan 10^th, 2010, 12:45pm

Or the same symptoms could mean it is air locked. Put a garden hose on one of the pipes into the matrix, give it a good flush out and see what the flow is like, but there are suggestions that it can become partially blocked, but without affecting the flow.