C280 N reg 1995 No heat to foot well

[Whisty4]

The car has climate control. The problem is that no air at all reaches the foot wells, not bad in the summer but a pain this time of year. Local Merc man tested the vacuum pipes & could find no problems. He suggested a new control box @ £400 approx & as the dash needs to come out to replace the control box he suggested £200 - £300 to fit.

Could it be something simpler (big wish). Is there a cheaper option open to me (I've already got thermal socks)? Does anybody know a good Merc man/specialist in Essex, pref close to Romford?

Once again any help would be appreciated.

Dave.

 

[television]

The car has climate control. The problem is that no air at all reaches the foot wells, not bad in the summer but a pain this time of year. Local Merc man tested the vacuum pipes & could find no problems. He suggested a new control box @ £400 approx & as the dash needs to come out to replace the control box he suggested £200 - £300 to fit.

Could it be something simpler (big wish). Is there a cheaper option open to me (I've already got thermal socks)? Does anybody know a good Merc man/specialist in Essex, pref close to Romford?

Once again any help would be appreciated.

Dave.

This car does have 1 known fault that is there is a lug on the plastic flap that breaks off so the actuator cant open the flap,its not too bad a job taking the top half of dash out, How any one can speculate what is wrong before the top comes off to see what is broken amazes me

Malcolm

 

[Lordjellybelly]

It might sound too obvious but have you closed off the airflow to the dash outlets thus alllowing the max. volume of heated air to the footwell?

 

[Whisty4]

Thanks for the replies. There is definitely no air flow to the footwells.

Television - Does a haynes Manual provide instruction on how to remove the dash etc? Is there any other way to tell whether the lug has failed?

Dave.