Q: My rear climate control heated air comes out lukewarm at best

asked by on January 19, 2017

With the truck fully up to operating temperature when their rear climate control is turned to high on heat the air that come out of the vents is lukewarm at best

My car has 45000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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