2000 kia sephia, 5spd manual, 126k miles.
Both the heat and a/c in my little kia seem to work fine, but the car doesn't blow hot or cold air on it's own, only while moving and the amount of heat/ac is relative to your speed. With a wisconsin winter on the way, i absolutely need the defroster to work without me driving the thing around.
I suspect it's the blower motor, but after a bit of reading through the forums i've seen people who fixed this problem by running a new positive from the fusebox to the motor.
So, my problem basically is that i don't know how to test the motor, fuses, or lines running between. If anyone could give me some direction on what to do and how to go about it, i would be very appreciative. I don't particularly feel like spending 100$ for a new motor, only to find out that's not the real problem.
I also have some issues with other electrical systems in the car: The dash lights flicker on and off, smacking the dash makes them stay on for a minute until whatever loose wire it is vibrates back out of place. Again, any directions on how to track that down would be awesome.
The window motors seem like they're dying, and the one of the probably is, but i think it might also be an electrical issue because sometimes they sort of just... click on and work perfectly once.
So far that's all i've got. I went and bought a diagnostic tool, so after the car gets driven for a minute i can try to pull some codes again. When i first plugged the diagnostic in it didn't read any codes, but the cel is on. I think it might have to go through some drive cycles or something because the battery was dead for a night.
Both the heat and a/c in my little kia seem to work fine, but the car doesn't blow hot or cold air on it's own, only while moving and the amount of heat/ac is relative to your speed. With a wisconsin winter on the way, i absolutely need the defroster to work without me driving the thing around.
I suspect it's the blower motor, but after a bit of reading through the forums i've seen people who fixed this problem by running a new positive from the fusebox to the motor.
So, my problem basically is that i don't know how to test the motor, fuses, or lines running between. If anyone could give me some direction on what to do and how to go about it, i would be very appreciative. I don't particularly feel like spending 100$ for a new motor, only to find out that's not the real problem.
I also have some issues with other electrical systems in the car: The dash lights flicker on and off, smacking the dash makes them stay on for a minute until whatever loose wire it is vibrates back out of place. Again, any directions on how to track that down would be awesome.
The window motors seem like they're dying, and the one of the probably is, but i think it might also be an electrical issue because sometimes they sort of just... click on and work perfectly once.
So far that's all i've got. I went and bought a diagnostic tool, so after the car gets driven for a minute i can try to pull some codes again. When i first plugged the diagnostic in it didn't read any codes, but the cel is on. I think it might have to go through some drive cycles or something because the battery was dead for a night.