Just bought a 96 accord but has no heat, the cable that pulls the lever near the firewall letting coolant flow to the heater core is broken, however I tried opening it manually and let coolant flow it goes in and right back out through the other coolant line on the firewall but still no heat. All fuses are fine, maybe a bad heater core? Does it run off a different blower motor than the A/C?

 

Check a repair book for '96, but I think there's also an air door that has to open or close so air goes thru the heater core. I think there's one cable from the control **** to the air door & a second cable from there to the valve. Check that cable too, & verify that the door opens like it should.

Try hondaautomotiveparts.com (put in your car's details). Maybe those parts pictures are good enough to see what's going on?

 

Go dash diving under the passenger side and you'll see that there are 2 actions that take place when you turn up the heater control ****.

 

I have the same problem. I'm wondering if it is related to when the radio blew a fuse. I replaced the fuse under the hood, and now the radio works, but the lighter doesn't. Recently I found out the heat doesn't work as well.

 

Assuming that both the levers are functioning properly and pulled out to allow the coolant to flow, i'd check the level of coolant and thermostat

 

In the engine bay. There is a valve by the firewall (under the TB just a tad more to passenger side) that lets coolant flow for the heater. its stuck closed. I turned my heater toward the red and manually opened the valve, and I get heat. I turned the heater to blue and it closed the valve, but when I put it back on red the valve doesn't open. I have to manually open it again. I'll go under the dash tomorrow and see if the cable is broken or something.

 

What year is yours? Beginning in '98 there's a motor somewhere, but it's just cables for earlier years.

 

replace the cable and test the control head. it may be bad (why you do not get any heat)

are the ***** broke? they like to crack and then quit working to adjust the temp

Jim, it's a 96 and you are correct in '98 no more valve

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by YeuEmMaiMai &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Jim, it's a 96 and you are correct in '98 no more valve</TD></TR></TABLE>Stivic said his is '96. I meant what year is gtcali's car.

I noticed on my '98 that the heater valve doesn't move until you turn on the key.

 

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