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1997 850 GLT - Dual climate passenger side fail

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bjmcc1984
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Year and Model: 97 850 GLT/2006 XC70
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1997 850 GLT - Dual climate passenger side fail

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Does anyone know why my passenger side temperature dial no longer changes the passenger side from hot to cool?

Occasionally, it will "reset" after a few drive cycles but it doesn't seem to be happening at any specific point.

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Post by cn90 »

Do you have ECC (Electronic Control Climate)?
If so, then search forum for "damper motor".
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bjmcc1984
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Post by bjmcc1984 »

I'm not sure if I do but that sounds like a likely culprit

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Post by jreed »

I did a short write up on how to diagnose, remove and clean up a damper motor. You could also just remove and replace a bad damper with a new/used one. Cleaning up the old damper and reinstalling it fixed my problem with lack of temperature control in the ECC on my '97 855 GLT:

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... =1&t=50525
1997 855 GLT (Light Pressure Turbo) still going strong. Previous: 1986 240 GL rusted out in '06, 1985 Saab 900T rusted out in '95, 1975 Saab 99 rusted out in '95, 1973 Saab 99 rusted out in '94

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