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Old 03-17-2019, 04:42 PM
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The silver temperature regulator box behind the glovebox is dead. When they go, it results in erratic fan control that occasionally works, and lack of temp regulation (hot/cold only, or stuck in one mode). There are capacitors in it that leak and eat the copper traces off the circuit board.
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