Q: heater will only blow warm air , defroster only blows cold air , and cant get selector switch to function on floor only setting.

asked by on July 02, 2016

i recently flushed cooling system and replaced thermostat and radiator cap. have burped air from cooling system, i think.

My car has 240000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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