Q: The air conditioner and heater control panel has no power, no lights, nothing

asked by on November 02, 2016

this problem has been going on for years until i tested the fuses. the controls came on briefly the died out after i increased the fan speed. after I checked the fuses again the same thing happened. on briefly then nothing. i have tried this process repeatedly with no more results. just a dead air control panel.

My car has 98000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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