Q: The a/c cycles between vent, then defrost, then floor, then back to vent in my 1989 ford f150 v8 5.0
My radiator sprung a leak the other day a/c started the cycle then. We just replaced the radiator but the a/c is still doing the vent, defrost, floor cycle what could be causing this?
My car has 108965 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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