there is no vaccum to your control panel, check from engine area a small little some are gray lines under hood to fire wall check for woren spots or broken lines to fire wall then inside under glove box check if all hoses are good and hooked up not getting vacum to unit or bad control unit take out of dash and take vacum lines of with car running should have vacum in one line, good luck!
Also check under the driver side dash, there is a round valve with a lever for the vents. Check to see if the lever is connected.
When there is a problem with the vent system it dfaults to the defrost setting. Sounds like you have a problem in the doors that direct the air flow.
Most likely a bad or disconnected vacuum hose to the defrost/floor selector in the heater ducting.
the heat blows out the defrost when it should blow out floor vents only
Vacuum leak
Perhaps a stuck door in the HVAC system or a blockage in the ducts.
the middle vents only supply air from the ac unit using a separate in dash fan. the floor and defrost vents come only from the heater
There may be several reasons why the air only blows out the front vents and not on the floor or the defrost on the 2003 Dodge Ram. The fuses may be blown, or the heating coil is not working correctly.
The mode door actuator has failed. We have instructions for repair at www.trailvoy.com
the ducts can not be hooked up for the vents to work
When there is a problem in the vent system it defaults to defrost setting. Check the doors & vac supply
you need to replace the vacuum.
Because the air selector died.