[s-cars] Climate control gone wild

[Tom Green]

Sounds interesting, Keith.  : )

The knowledge base has been under construction for a couple of years,  
and I
wouldn't hold any hope for it.  Most of the effort has gone into the  
FAQ section
on the quattroworld.com forum for these vehicles.  You should find the  
diagnostic
section there to guide you through reading the codes on the climate  
control head.

Some of your flaps may be getting balky, but it really sounds like the  
climate control
head is causing the problems.  If that turns out to be the case, there  
has been a
company in Rogersville, TN advertising repairs on ebay in case you  
can't find a
used replacement in the marketplace.  Describing your problems on the  
QW forum might
get more help also.

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

On Dec 14, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Keith Franchetti  
<skidfranc at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All-
>
> Again, thanks for the recent help on my locking system "emergency." I
> replaced the pump, cleaned up the acid that had leaked, ruining old  
> pump,
> and replaced the battery.  Things seem to be working fine again in  
> that
> dept.
>
> However, at virtually the same time, my climate control has lost  
> it's mind.
> It basically blows all hot, all the time.  (Occasionally, from a cold
> start in the morning, it may work properly until next start.)  And  
> if I put
> it on auto, it blows all this hot through the dash vents, rather  
> than a mix
> between floor and defroster like it should.  It's better than no  
> heat at
> all of course (here in Vermont). I can make it tolerable by manually  
> making
> it blow at my feet (or split between feet and defrost) and keeping  
> the fan
> on lowest setting.  But does anyone have any ideas for what might  
> have gone
> wrong?  Any chance this would be connected to my recent acid leak and
> problems under the back seat? When I took a cursory look at the  
> knowledge
> base, it was down for servicing.  I'll look again, but was hoping  
> someone
> had a BTDT to share.  Thanks much!
>
> Keith
> Burlington, VT
> *****