File this under "easy repairs with no tools or cost."
Our 2003 van, The Blimp, not blowing heat anymore. Canadian winter setting in!
Enter The Google. Many suggestions, most involving many hours, dashboard removal to access heater, Dremel tool cutting, junkyard visits for cheap parts.
I do love a good junkyard visit. But what worked was simply pressing a combination of temp controls, holding 5 seconds, and presto! The temp control actuator thingy is now reset. Hot air pouring in, windshield defrost working.
How many other expensive repairs can be avoided with similar tricks?
(In similar news, our check engine light is constantly on--scary! But another electronic check revealed it's a sensor malfunction. So the Blimp lives on . . . .)