JimJamie Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Why is it I crank the heat to full at 85 degrees and still almost no heat comes out of the lower part? The heat duct is just above my knees, and I can hear the fan howling, but little comes out. Is this a known problem? It works fine if I set it to flow from the upper (dashboard) vents, but my feet get cold. 2006 Outback sedan Limited LL Bean w/ nav and ACC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Seems to me that the actuator controlling the vent has stuck some way. It's a small electrical motor that controls the vent and as all mechanical items it can fail. I suggest that you take a deep dive in the driver side footwell and try to look around for items there. If you have a friend around one of you can go head down and look while the other of you fiddle with the controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeteAWD Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Yes, mine sucks as well at the footwell vent. Seems the vents aren't big enough. Anyone find the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madjik_Man Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Same issue. The air flow from the floor vents (should I say "knee/shin" vents) is extremely weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 yes sucks .. just had a look through the manual.. seams there is also a duct that blows heat to the rear feet for passengers. does your car have the automatic climate control? what i found is the automatic climate control seams to blow the air aproximately the temperature desired from the setting. and the more the interior temp warms up the colder it blows. is it that the air blowing is cold? or just very little flow ? Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJamie Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 The air that blows is warm. Just very little flow. It's odd because you can hear the pressurized hot air trying to get out, particularly when the fan is at full volume or close to it, but the air itself is blocked. I think it is just a bad design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Yeah, the air blows out weak on the driver's side and a little better on the passenger side. I can say that my feet are never cold though...the airflow just seems a lot weaker than it should be for all the racket the fan is making. Been this way since new. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 The floor vents on my '11 Legacy are awful to begin with there is barely any air ever coming out of the vents when its set to floor or both floor and defrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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