My car heating has packed up!!

harveybobbles

retiredlady wrote: »

Try checking the water level in your radiator. My heater stopped working because of this Don't know why but when I put water in the heater started working again!

Erm, the engine heats the water up giving off erm, heat...

Belnahua

You could try this as a stop gap measure? Sounds like it's a fuse in the climate control though?

http://www.ekmpowershop7.com/ekmps/shops/theboatjumble/200w-ceramic-car-heater---with-free-scrapper-620-p.asp

love_lifer

my heater fan packed in recently and i had it fixed by a local garage for £80. i went on my car make website 1st for advice and to see if i could DIY it but couldnt.
mite be worth u getting on a ford site and asking for advice before going to garage
and its joyous when it starts working again, which is nice

philgee

Low coolant level could mean head gasket failure - this happened to me once, 1st I noticed was no heat from the heater

credit_crunch_victim

very common for the resister to blow on these
it is located behind the glove box and a 5 minute job to replace and costs about 10-12 quid
does any water leak into the car as this can cause them to blow as well via the seal under the front windsreen scuttle
very common after a screen is replaced and not sealed properly

retiredlady

harveybobbles wrote: »

Erm, the engine heats the water up giving off erm, heat...

I'm a girlie - how would you expect me to know that?:p:p:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::o

Marion
(seriously I honestly thought that there was a little electric heater under the dashboard somewhere that ran off the car electrics.):o

Brooker_Dave

Inactive wrote: »

Take it off of the road before you kill someone.

You are breaking the law by driving without a clear view of the road.

Or perhaps just buy a cloth to wipe with windscreen?

Inactive

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Or perhaps just buy a cloth to wipe with windscreen?

Which isn't going to help with ice.. :rolleyes:

Hintza

Inactive wrote: »

Which isn't going to help with ice.. :rolleyes:

Cover the windscreen at night would help stop this.

Inactive

Hintza wrote: »

Cover the windscreen at night would help stop this.

The OP said that they couldn't stop the inside of the windows from icing up whilst driving, so not much help.

There is only one safe cure, get the car fixed.