Interior 1st Gen R53 Dash vents wont change

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  1. martabo

    martabo New Member

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    2002 mini s. Air vents will run on defrost, and dash, but not on the floor.

    Are these dashes vacuum controlled, or electronic, and do i have to tear everything apart just to find out whats going on with it?
     
  2. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    Do you have auto climate controls, or manual?

    With manual controls, the vents are purely mechanical. The control knob is physically attached to a cable that pulls on the vent mechanism. If you try to look from the passenger side under the dash and behind the center stack, you can see what happens when you turn the knob. However, to find the actual cause of the problem, I think you'll have to take a lot of things apart.
     
  3. martabo

    martabo New Member

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    No, its a digital temp select
     
  4. 1momini

    1momini New Member

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    Noticed this today as well . Air flow won't switch to floor. Must not be common thing since this thread went dead. Any ideas? It's seem like the inside temp sensor may be going bad. Blows heat until its turned way down to like 60 degrees.
     
  5. Waltguy

    Waltguy New Member

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    Having the same problem on 2011 Cooper

    HVAC will act normal one day then can't select where air vents. Has anyone figured out this issue? Ours has Auto Climate Control. I'm going back to search the forum, any help would be appreciated!
     
  6. Firebro17

    Firebro17 Dazed, but not Confused
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    It's only a big deal in the Winter.
     

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