The heater is set on recirculate the air of the cabin. Set it on normal (from outside the car)
You have to move a button on the console to take air from outside the car or else the air will be too moist from all the humidity that accumulates in the cabin.
Also the engine temperature must be hot enough. I usually run my car at least 5 minutes driving it downtown before it is hot, during cold winter days.
The most likely reason would be because you also have the defroster turned on with your heater. The defroster causes the A/C compressor to kick on which helps remove extra moisture in the air keeping your windows from fogging. The A/C compressor is linked to a "kick up" that brings the RPMs up to keep your engine from stalling due to the extra load possibly causing a surge.
what would cause all power windows to only work once in awhile and defroster to go out on a 1997 dodge intrepid
On the passengers side floor board or if the heater core just has a small crack then it will fog up the windshield when the defroster is turned on and smell very bad......
Most common things are Thermostat or a bad heater core but could also be something blocking the door down by the heater core. I changed my Thermostat and Heater control Valve to find out a pencil fell in the defroster and prevented the door from closing. Hope this helps.
Most likely a film on the inside of a windshield is caused by an engine coolant leak within the heater core.
What causes heat to only come out of the defrost and vent but not the floor of a 1995 S10 Blazer?
That has happened to me twice. Once on a Chevy Van and most recently on a 1995 Ford F-150. Both times it was the heater core that needed to be replaced.
The most likely is the vacuum line used to operate the swinging doors to redirect airflow is broken or not in place.
Stained Glass Windows are much more of a sight to passers by, when walking past a church would you rather see coloured glass or clear glass? There's your answer.
I have had this happen on a number of my cars as they get older...each and every time it was due to small leaks developing in the heater core, leading to heavily moisturized air being blown through the defroster, rather than the dehumidified air that the A/C would generally create. (Yes, the AC runs when you're in defroster mode, even if you have the heat set to high...this is deliberate because the AC tends to remove moisture from the air.) Check your floor carpets, especially up near the drivetrain hump and front of the passenger footwell. Damp? You have a heater core problem. Solutions: None easy. The heater core on most modern cars and trucks is generally difficult to get to. Since this has happened to me on OLD cars that I would use and not my wife, I would generally bypass the heater completely, running the water intake hose to where the water return hose attaches to the engine. But then you have no heater or defroster at all. Brrrrr.
The diverter, or blend, door, is not working properly, The door is either feeding the heat through the defroster, or closing the heat completely off.
your car stalled?