Issues with climate control

[findmypath]

Hey everyone,

 

I have a 03 Pathfinder and recently I noticed something weird. When I have the heat running in the wonderful Chicago winter time at lets say 78 degrees setting the heat is coming out strong...then when I want to lessen the intensity to lets say 68...the temp heat intensity stays the same. Now this sort of thing doesn't happen every time but when it does its really annoying. Any ideas as to what it might be? Did any one have this happen?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[Pathfinder_Rookie]

Hey man I have a 1997 pathy and have a similar problem to what you have posted. I found that if you put your fan to high and turn your temperatue dial all the way to hot or cold depending what you want. Wait a bit till you hear a difference in air flow (about 3 seconds) then put your temperature dial to the setting you want. This dosen’t always work for me, but it works the majority of the time. (now I also had a problem with the wires in the back of my deck not allowing the dials to turn under the dash, this could be a possibly)

 

Pathfinder Rookie

[XPLORx4]

Are you using the auto climate control when adjusting the temp? If so, it's possible that 68°F is still warmer than the current interior temp, so the heat stays on, just at a lower fan speed than at 78°F. Eventually when the cabin temp equals the desired temp, then the blower will feel cooler.

 

You may need to manually set the fan speed and vent mode to disable the auto climate control.

[IndianRider]

the earlier R50's were never know to have an accurate auto temp control ( manual dash turn knob for temp. setting) anyways .. dont know about the digital ones they put on later ..