Q: Why is my car heater blowing cold air? I start my car, give it a few minutes and the heater never heats up.

asked by on January 31, 2017

Why is my car heater blowing cold air? I start my car, i turn on the heater and i give it a few minutes but the heater never heats up.

My car has 110000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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