Q: Car heater is not working!!! It has coolant and it is not overheating, it was wroking fine when I bought it then the next two days
I purchased a used card about two weeks ago. The first day the A/C and heater worked fine. the next day the A/C wasn't blowing cold but warm. Then the next few days the heater wasn't warming up. I took it to the mechanic he mentioned a thermostat error, but the car isn't overheating and I put 50/50 coolant and antifreeze in it, now its blowing sort of warm. Could it really be the thermostat?
My car has 80000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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