Q: My heater blows cold on the driver side and hot on the passenger side. I do not have duel temperature control
Driver side blows cold air, passenger side blows hot....
My car has 150000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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Hi Scott. Your Wrangler has a blend door that circulates heat and cool air (from AC operation) to different side vents. In most cases, when you have an issue as you’ve described, this component is damaged, or there is something loose inside the heater housing. To correctly diagnose this issue, a heating system inspection by a professional mechanic would be a good idea.
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