Q: No air through vents only defrost. Heat only in rear

asked by on August 29, 2016

I have checked all vacuum lines and conection on climate control dials and I can not get any air flow through my vents and nothing for rear only heat.

My car has 178000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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