There were 2 options for the rear control units, 1 was AC only, 1 was heat and AC. If your controls above the second seat only have 1 knob, it's AC only, the heat/AC version has 3 knobs. The correct Answer: 1996 - 2000 (Old Body Style) Tahoes and Yukons only got the rear air option. Suburbans and Yukon XL's get the Heat and AC option.
Try replacing the temperature control switch for the rear control cluster. Hope that that's the fix. Less than $20.
The control for the heat on the dash has a control for the back seat and also has a setting that says something like "Rear Control". This allows the passengers in the back seat to control their heat independently via a temperature control in the back seat (on the back of the center console). So you could have the heat on in the front and the rear on "rear control" and if the passenger in the back has set their control to cold, it wold blow cold air in the back even though you have the heat on in the front.
the accuator, located in the rear passenger side is bad. the controls in front when turned go to an accuator in the rear there are two of them one for hot/cold and one for the vents.
think about it they have independent control thus they have separate cooling systems
There is a secondary condensor in the rear of the vehicle that works off of the primary. If the AC in the rear is working and not the front, it could possibly be the air handler or the blower up front. Does the front blow air? If so is it ambient, hot, or a little cool? Incorrect: The 1999 Tahoe DOES NOT have a secondary condensor the only thing it may have in the rear is a heater core IF it is supplied with rear heat, if you are getting cold air in back and not the front usually means you are low on freon.
If you are talking about dual heating (front/rear), then either the rear temp control is set to cold, or the control is not working.
Blowing cold air in is better for effective temperature control in a room.
temp. control actuator or most of the time is the actual control head. ck for power and grd. at act. and resistance (ohm) check also
replace front heater corefront and rear have independent heater cores
Possible blockage in the rear air units expansion valve. I just replaced mine for the same reason.
90% of the time it is the temp mode door actuator located in the driverside rear of the truck
There are separate expansion valves in the rear, so even if the front system is failing, the rear unit could still work normally.