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Anonymous Posted on Feb 26, 2018

My heater works sometimes but mostly cold air

My Pontiac heater works occasionally, I have changed the thermostat and flushed the radiator but it still works occasionally. When the heat comes on it stays on and won't switch to air or vice versa stays on air and won't switch to heat even though the knobs have been changed.

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