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hardk0re,Nov 21 2008, 01:30 PM Wrote:First winter with the new 02 Wagon.  If I warm up my car for 15 minutes, the engine goes to a good temp but the heater still has no heat.

Heat does not come until i'm driving (ie it blows cold air prior to moving).  Its only just a few meters and heat magically comes.

At stop signsghts the heat seems to start blowing less hot.

Anybody else experience this issue, and what was the fix?
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Haven't looked at the Focus specifically, but a lot of Fords use vacuum lines to actuate the diverters in the HVAC system. You might have a broken line that's bleeding off vacuum so that the flapper goes to the default (cold) position.