Ford Focus MK2 2009 Heater Quick Fix

[@cousinbillybob3224]

My father-in-law has had this problem for about 3 years and just lived with it. I had some time, so started searching. I came across this video, and within 10 mins it was done and the prob was exactly as in your video.…! It can be done with the radio still attached..! 👍🏻

[@terryskipper1437]

Thank you so so much, we just got a second hand focus,but given the weather at the moment my wife has been cold, you are a light in the dark

[@leoui5081]

Mate, you're an absolute legend! My heating has been gone nearly a year now and I saw your video last night and now it's fixed! I'd love to buy you a drink!

[@hiddenbear5306]

Dear acquaintance. Your a incredable legend. I was planning with my dad to get to the termostat and pull out half of the engine room. Now I don't need to. Cheers for you.

[@lamma1980]

Thank you so much, been driving me up the wall, just to add you don't even need to disconnect radio. You are an absolute star!!!!

[@alannick62]

Thank you Captain Peg. 2 weeks ago my dial stiffened then "gave way" and I thought something had snapped but would have been the cable kinking. Fixed in 20 mins,

[@brianmcgrenaghan3919]

Legend mate! I watched this video, grabbed by Philips screw driver. Had it fixed without disconnecting the radio and sorted in less than 5 minutes. Thank you good sir 🫡

[@GreenEverAfter]

Your video just saved me a trip to the garage! Thanks a mill from Ireland

[@SuperDon54]

Mate, you have just saved me buying a whole new thermostat. Thank you so much. I've been freezing my body off for 2 weeks now ;)

[@andrewshrimpton6947]

Your a hero mate this was my problem which thanks to your video I fixed.

[@LubblyVeeDubbly]

Brilliant! Thank you i had seen this as a possible cause after lots of googling and your video just made it super easy to fix. Thankyou and thankyou whoever posted it on some random Focus car forum. Hot air!! Wohoo

[@gattowned9368]

Absolute legend. I now have Heat back 😃. Thank you

[@Bob-ip4mx]

Frickin life saver. Chatting to my dad other day he mentioned about the heating not working on his Focus and the garage tried mugging him off for £400, I told him Il try and find a solution...found your video as a starting point and well shiiiiit the cable had a kink in it, fixed in seconds, perfect 👍👌

[@barringtonsmith9147]

How much did he give you💰

[@peterdrogan6926]

Thankyou, this was perfect video to find, saved some money here

[@paulmayers5522]

Had the same problem with my focus heating system. Glad I found your video well done

[@tomseaward3457]

You just saved me a small fortune my friend 😊garage said it might have been the heater matrix or thermostat, but I knew from the change in the pressure on the knob that it was gunna something like this. Many thanks for giving me the confidence to do this simple job 👌🏻

[@mih7674]

Thanks for sharing this with us, I actually fixed my heating issue with your video. It was the same wire problem.😊

[@kevowski]

Had exactly the same problem and fixed it in 10 mins 😊didn’t even need to disconnect the stereo power, so no hunting for the unlock code. Thank you for sharing, you’re a gent!! ATB Kev

[@davidspinks5656]

Mate, I watched this last night and was hoping this was the solution. It was!

[@zumizam]

Thank you so much for this bud!!!! Thought my head gasket was gone

[@Tokody]

Thanks Sir, you just saved me a lot of work. I'd diagnosed the problem down to somewhere between the control knob and the flap that lets the heat into the cabin, when I saw your video. Lo-and-behold the kink was there - didn't even need to disconnect the stereo to fix it :-D So glad I didn't need to remove the glove box, fuse box and half a ton of plastic.

[@troypoppa910]

Nice job! Very good work! Was having same exact issue with mine and was making me nuts trying to figure it out. Never would have suspected that! Very good work! Thank you

[@DJ-kz6mg]

I'll also add my commendations & thanks ! Well done on finding the issue + solution AND sharing (such deeds restore some of my faith in humanity haha !) It's saved me wasting more time & ££ money on a mechanic (I'd also gone over the cooling system, relay etc). very much appreciated, cheers

[@overclockorange3356]

Fantastic mate, just fixed my identical issue after seeing your video.

[@franklucas3286]

Mate!! - so happy I’ve found this video! Been super helpful as I’ve been having the same issue! !!!!!!!!

[@oldskool1668]

Thank You so much for this. This was exactly the problem I was having with my heater. You are a legend!

[@captainpeg4629]

Glad it helped

[@louisebrowning6812]

Thank you so much for this video, this was the same issue I had so watching your video helped me resolve it, I managed to straighten the wire without unplugging the radio too so only took me a few minutes, thanks again

[@michaelhamilton6553]

It's sometimes the simplest things that cause the most problems. I've been on forums before looking for advice and people always seem to jump to the most complicated answers to a problem where in the end it's usually been something simple and if I'd followed the advice off the forums I'd have spent loads of time and money but not fixed the problem. I think some people like to think they know more than they actually do.

[@gavinjeff8203]

Thank You for posting the video, had the same problem and was about to replace a different cable from the control knob.

[@barringtonsmith9147]

I'm only getting half the amount of heat that I'm supposed to get ,so I'm thinking this could be my problem, if not at least it's a good start, thanks for sharing

[@jamiequanne132]

After 6 million videos and months of no heating it works very bad kink but happy boy with heating now

[@captainpeg4629]

Great news, glad the video helped

[@postdan28]

Thank you! I was freezing in the car :) , but thanks to you i was able to fix it so easy

[@MovementandPosture]

Nice work. Thanks for taking us through the whole process including how to get the stereo fascia off. I also managed to do the fix without disconnecting the stereo which saved some faff. Thanks again!

[@moss7891]

Mate you absolute beauty thankyou so much... Wish I'd seen this a year ago its been cold so cold 🥶😂

[@T.K.9]

Thanks for the upload mate. I have the issue today. I turn to cold it's fine it blows air cold. But if I turn to hot, I can just about feel hot air but majority it's cold air. And the knob when I turn it right for hot air. The knob goes back to the left into cold by itself. Like a rubber pulling the knob back to the left. I got a feeling maybe the wire got knackered as well. I will check it tomorrow.

[@shanemcmahon2614]

Good video, Had the exact same issue with mine..I lubricated the cable to help prevent the issue from happening again

[@shanemcmahon2614]

Also it's possible to do it without unplugging the radio if you don't have the code to hand 👍

[@johncunningham9277]

Just fixed mine, the exact same thing happened to mine, didn’t even after take the radio out so no messing with the code, thanks for the video, saved me a few quid 💷👍👍

[@deanallport]

Hope your still around to answer this,how did you do it without taking radio out? Mines the titanium version and the radio won't budge.Seems the metal 'clasps' that the removal keys slide into are broke.

[@jayjames7580]

Thanks sooo much I changed thermostat already and was about to replace hoses I live in mountains and need the defroster

[@bobnoxious1983]

Happened to my car today. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@vwgolfpartsse4400]

Good man , thanks for the help

[@mattmarvell571]

Thank you for posting, you can add me to the list of people you’ve helped!

[@gmcnamara1000]

Thank you, your video helped mee with my problem.

[@johncunningham9277]

It’s just happened to mine I will take it off and hopefully that’s all it will be, thanks for your help 👍

[@simonedwards1970]

thanks for video,my mk2 focus doing the same thing,i will check the cable on the weekend

[@tomholloway1203]

Thank you so much works a treat 😀👌

[@tshaka7]

Thank you somuch for your help you are champion you help me fix my Car heating once again thank you

[@captainpeg4629]

Glad to have been able to help. I couldn't believe it was such a simple fix, I had been without heating for about a year as I assumed it was going to cost a fortune and couldn't afford to get it looked at.

[@jenessecox6019]

Worked! Thank you for the video!

[@pcgaming6485]

I have ford galaxy same problem I have the exact heater switches as your focus I'm gonna try this cuz I've had no heating for year or so and changed everything

[@kelvinrickhuss-moore7454]

I’ve only got cold air in mine so will try tomorrow 🙏

[@johncoady9237]

Hi I do have a similar problem, everything check's out ,heater,pipes,stats,filters etc,,,,but my cable is fine no twist but would you know what's on the end of that cable is it the blend door,,or a shutter unit that allows the heat in,can it be snapped or broken would you know,, cheers john

[@terenteregele6751]

Very good!!! Many thanks!!!

[@Mark-ij2nh]

That could be my problem as the heating dial seems looser than normal and the heater core feed is boiling hot but not getting to the car

[@ionionut1495]

Save me money 💰 👍

[@ferattv6511]

Hello bro, i don’t have this white wire cable in my car how i cam fix this ?

[@ferattv6511]

Is there just wire cable attached to this black tool ?

[@mariusgiurgiu2635]

what do I do if I have the same problem but I have an electric heat control?

[@Joe-ug1vu]

I did this fix but there is a weak spot in the cable so it will straight then crease over again

[@xlightknightx]

What is the “CD code, to put back on the security code?”

[@KM-ke4gl]

You helped me

[@Mark-ij2nh]

Just took mine out and the cables snapped. Does anyone know is it easy to replace the whole cable as It looks like it feeds into the glove box or passenger well.

[@antonyoneill9057]

What can you do if you can don’t that anymore?

[@vkpc1]

My 2009 Ford Focus Mk2 has a digital aircon console with separate climate settings for left and right passengers. The problem is that the heater wont turn off properly on one side when i need AC. Air comes out a bit warm. How to solve it?

[@ludvigericson6930]

Same problem. Hope you found a solution.

[@vkpc1]

@@ludvigericson6930 I bypassed the coolant flow so it doesn't heat up the heater core

[@martinnicholls616]

I think this is the problem i have, however i cant remove the plastic around the outside its literally welded in...any ideas or tips please?

[@martinnicholls616]

Thanks for all the helpful replies

[@aquarian311]

ty my good friend

[@CyberWolfVR]

I seem to have this problem now, just about to take it apart. I hope this is the problem anyway! Knowing my luck it won’t be! I’ve had this mk2.5 focus for nearly 3 weeks now and it’s given me nothing but problems! These Mk2’s are sh#t!!! Mk1 was so much better and way more reliable!!!!

[@jeffmee763]

Had this it went again so I put some oil down the cable it been ok since.

[@rhyswilliams3114]

I have a different problem, the air won't blow. It blows randomly now and again and still gets hot and cold. I've changed the resistor and worked for 5 minutes and stopped again. Any ideas?

[@captainpeg4629]

I'm not a mechanic/technician myself and most of my fixes have been from tinkering around or browsing online, however as you mention that it works sporadically I would be tempted to first check all the quick fixes like assessing for faulty/burnt out connections or fuses. * I would have suggested the heater blow motor fan resistor but you already seem to have covered that. I tend to list all of the possible faults I think it could be and then order them from least expensive/least work needed to worst case scenario (yours possibly being that the motor is on its way out) and try to remove the quick fixes from the equation first. I'm afraid without further investigating the symptoms and doing a bit of research I can't say for certain what could be causing this. Sorry

[@johncoady9237]

Sorry I have no heat it's like a very mild warm breeze if that makes any sense,,not cold and not warm,,,it's like as if something not opening to allow heat in but still I can work the legs, dash,head vents no bother but as for the temp dial in the middle no difference at all,regards temp

[@johnttaylortvexploring4346]

Has this worked . Before i try it myself???

[@captainpeg4629]

For me and the several other people in the comments this has worked, however, I cannot say for certain that this is the issue you have. What I would say though is that this method costs nothing and only takes approximately 15 minutes so it can't hurt to try.

[@volkmarmerz2418]

Deusch

[@innesbarr625]

Cheers lad really appreciate that you just saved me some time and money, you were spot on 🤌🤌