Heater suddenly stops working air conditioner currently still works

Tiny
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  • 1998 HONDA ACCORD
  • 3.0L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 344,000 MILES
At first, my car stopped switching from defrost to facial to foot when the heater or air was on. This went on for months it wouldn’t switch from defrost to put. It only blew out through the vents going towards your face heat and air. Both worked just fine. It just didn’t blow out of anything other than the metal blowers. All of a sudden two weeks ago, the heat just stopped blowing hot. It just blows cool. The AC still comes on and still blows just fine. It doesn’t switch still from defrost or otherwise just towards the face. It’s winter time or getting ready to be winter time and I need my heat to work. I’ve checked to see if the radiator hoses are hot and cool like they should be. They seem to be fine. I’m not sure what fuses to check first or where to go on this one, any advice would be helpful thank you.
Thursday, October 17th, 2024 AT 4:01 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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First I would check the engine coolant level, (engine cold only). If that is okay get the engine warm and check the heater core hoses to see if they are hot, I would replace the air mix blend door actuator.

Here is a video to help as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNRb6pSwYuU&t=1s

Here is the location for the air mix blend door actuator so you can check it out, also the mode actuator is not working either that is why the vent controls are not working so you might as well do both to fix the system. These are common failures BTW. Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.

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Friday, October 18th, 2024 AT 12:01 PM

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