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Because you have a vacuum leak in the system or your vacuum canister is leaking. When you accelerate the vacuum from the engine will drop. That will cause your system to loose vacuum and the floor/defrost door will go to its neutral position. To keep the vacuum up you have a canister that will hold vacuum. It must be air tight.
The 1984 Buick uses vacuum lines to change air flow from defroster to ac vents. Check the entire vacuum system for leaks.
The e-150 heat/ac system uses vacuum to control the air direction through a series of doors. There is most likely a vacuum leak causing the defrost door to keep air flowing away from the dash vents.
Vacuum leak
you have a vacuum leak. defrost is the default when a vacuum leak is present.
Most likely a bad or disconnected vacuum hose to the defrost/floor selector in the heater ducting.
most vehicles use a vacuum diaphragm to move the mode door inside the dash from the floor to the vents to the windshield. Either the vacuum diaphragm is leaking or the vacuum hose has become disconnected. In my 85 topaz the door pannel vents are used to defrost the side windows.
You have a vacuum leak causing your vents to switch from dash to defrost.
Does air come out at defrost vents? Defrost is the default position. Check for a vacuum leak either under the hood or under the dash Check the operation of the vacuum actuated motors under the dash Check the operation of the selector switch
This is a very common problem and you need to check for a vacuum leak, broken vacuum line or a loose vacuum line......
Check all of your vacuum lines from the ac control panel and under your hood. You have lost vacuum somewhere witch controls your vents. There is one of them loose, disconnected or broken. Should be easy to trace. Good Luck!!
The year, make and model would help but many vehicles use vacuum to operate the direction of air flow through the floor vents, dash vents and defrost vents. If the vacuum supply is cut off for whatever reason the system defaults to defrost only. So if you only have the defrost mode working chances are the vacuum supply is cut off. Check the HVAC vacuum supply line under the hood for damage. If that system seems to be working but you have insufficient air flow through all of the vents, check/replace the cabin filter if applicable.