I have an automatic AC and during cold weather I can barely warm up the car (cabin temperature). When the temperature falls below around 10°C it gets harder and harder to warm up the cabin. Last year when it was -10°C I was driving in a thick sweater and I was still cold...
The engine temperature gauge gets to the working temperature (around 1/3 of the gauge like always) quite fast, after around 5 km/3 miles when it's 0°C, and it stays there.
The only way to at least somewhat warm up the cabin is to set the fan speed to 2 bars, the temperature to 24-25°C and fan direction to body and feet, regardless of turning the AC on or off.
I noticed that during warm weather the engine fan turns on and off very quickly if the car is running idle and the AC is on (every 30 seconds for around 5 seconds). If I turn the AC off, the fan doesn't turn on. The mechanic checked the thermostat with the tester and said it was working fine.
Could it be the ventilation flaps? If I for example set the fan direction to head and feet, it doesn't entirely stop to blow into the body, but it starts to blow cold air very slowly.
Some of you mentioned the coolant level - I checked it and it was OK. Should I bleed the whole system and fill it with fresh coolant?
On the other hand the AC cools like crazy when it's hot outside. Today it was 20°C and I had to set it to 24°C.
I have this Civic for 2 years now, so I don't know if it was heating fine before.
The engine temperature gauge gets to the working temperature (around 1/3 of the gauge like always) quite fast, after around 5 km/3 miles when it's 0°C, and it stays there.
The only way to at least somewhat warm up the cabin is to set the fan speed to 2 bars, the temperature to 24-25°C and fan direction to body and feet, regardless of turning the AC on or off.
I noticed that during warm weather the engine fan turns on and off very quickly if the car is running idle and the AC is on (every 30 seconds for around 5 seconds). If I turn the AC off, the fan doesn't turn on. The mechanic checked the thermostat with the tester and said it was working fine.
Could it be the ventilation flaps? If I for example set the fan direction to head and feet, it doesn't entirely stop to blow into the body, but it starts to blow cold air very slowly.
Some of you mentioned the coolant level - I checked it and it was OK. Should I bleed the whole system and fill it with fresh coolant?
On the other hand the AC cools like crazy when it's hot outside. Today it was 20°C and I had to set it to 24°C.
I have this Civic for 2 years now, so I don't know if it was heating fine before.