Temperature control switch or what?

sounds like the heater control valve alright either stuck/ clogged or broken.

Thank you Cain, I'll look into that. I just hope it isn't the heater core starting to go.

or maybe just a blown fuse

Thanks Alex, I'll do a sweep of all the heater components starting with the fuse.

thermostat does the engine heat needle go down when you go on the highway if so that is it :)

Thanks Greg, no the needle is steady. The heat only kicks in when the car is moving, it does not work at a stop light or in park. Is there some sort of link between the transmission and the heat control? It doesn't make any sense to me.

no there is not i am guessing that the fan is working ?? if so i would still change the thermostat they are really cheep to so it is worth a try and at the same time you could flush out the heater core

Looks like I'll be doing the heater core flush, I heard you can send some CLR through mixed with water and let it sit for while and then blow it out? Anyway, thanks to everyone for their help!

Could be air in the cooling system caused by burning coolant. Is it a single over cam v-tec engine? They are bad for headgaskets. One way to check is to remove spark plugs and use small camera down spark plug tube and check to see if piston tops have shinny clean spots. The clean spots are caused by the steam cleaning affect of coolant evaporating inside the combustion chamber which breaks up the carbon on top of the pistons. If this is the case then you have a bad headgasket.

dude its your fan not working guarantee check you fuse for it shoud be under your left leg when you are sitting in the drivers seat

The heat works only if I'm driving 45mph or higher. It needs something and I'm thinking it's the heater core.

think of it this way when you drive air flows through the vents when your sitting still it doesn't so you get up to 45mph enough air is flowing through your cabin air intake right below your windshield so your finally getting air flow through it.. or can you tell that your fan is functional. i had an ef and my friend was pulling fuses and he pulled out the wrong one and i stopped getting hot air into the cabin so i suffered for about a week and found the fuse that was missing. it was blowing cold air but nothing warm was coming out.. im just sayin a 25 cent fuse over a heater core seems more appealing to me

I was frustrated when the temp control knob would not switch from Hot to Cold. Honda diagnosed and said I had a stuck heater box blend door and a faulty blend mix motor. "Replace the entire heater box and blend mix motor -$1173 incl. 6 hrs. labor.." The car is an '03 Civic. I replaced the sm. blend mix motor (very difficult) with a used 2002 part. No change! I crawled back under there and discovered a 2nd mechanism lower than the top unit (5 or 6" from the center column plastic duct -driver's side) and could see it trying to move as I operated the temp. control knob. I gave the top nylon arm a good upward push with my finger. It gave a snap/ freed up and now everything works great. Heat, Air Cond., cool! Seems that the internal heat control door was just stuck!

My car is doing the exact same thing. Did you ever fix the problem? If so what was it?

Replaced AC compressor (they said it was a faulty control switch component on top of the compressor) and got AC working well. Later I had a problem with very marginal heat. The shop replaced the thermostat and flushed the heater core. Now the engine temp. gauge takes forever to reach operating temp. and will not hold operating temp. when it's cold out and blower fan/heater core is drawing coolant. They re-replaced the thermostat -same thing! They're now scratching their heads and I have another appointment. A good (180 deg.) thermostat MUST force engine temp. to remain hot!?? When I told the shop that I wasn't getting good heat they automatically replaced the thermostat and flushed the heater core -as if common and routine. (at least my heater core is good).

Hey Myron, Thanks!! What I get out of your experience is that your car needed a "good (180 deg.)" thermostat? Is your heat working now?

I had a local shop replace AC Compressor with one used and they needed to splice the wires. Result, AC Fans ran all the time and overrode engine coolant temp (lg. compressor hoses were always frosted up!) so I would never get up to oper. temp and have heat. Temporary solution was to electrically disconnect Compressor. Now get heat but, of course, will not have AC. Returned to Honda shop and learned that I should have had specific OEM compressor installed. Now, b/c wires were spliced, they'd have to replace compressor AND wiring harness (est. around $2000 +). The car's only worth about $3,000. Maybe I'll just put a switch on the compressor.

I replaced the thermostat, the radiator and no difference with the heat (It needed a radiator anyways because the filler neck was corroded where the cap screws on). Anyway, I did some more research and found out it was the heater blower motor resistor. $12 or so off ebay and easy to install. Heat works now, no problem!!

where is the heater blower motor resistor located?

Under the glove box behind that passenger side knee panel. The blower motor will be on your right and the resistor will have a plug connector with a wire. The resistor has two screws that hold it in.

The resistor is to the left of the blower motor.

Thanks, I will work on it tomorrow since it is dark now.

I am glad you all had easy fixes I had a head gasket leak and ended up having to have my heads worked on and everything replaced in the vicinity.

AliGator0502, was your HG leak in between the cylinders or was it leaking externally? Did you notice oil in your coolant, like in the overflow reservoir?

No oil in coolant it was inside.

Hey you guys how you guys doing I have a Honda civic 2002 I changed the thermostat on the car and also the radiator but it's still blowing cool air IDK if it's a fuse or a wholes that I need to change or take one out a bloat it maybe there something stick in a wholes so the heat is not going through what do you guys suggest me to do ?

Probably your blower motor resistor. Look it up on eBay, it solved my heat issue.

2000 Honda Civic - only blows hot air in cabin - engine temp is fine. When I switch the control from hot to cold - nothing changes -

How much movement does the control valve move?

Jereomy1 - control valve moves like normal - just no change in temperature - have found that even when fan is turned off completely, I am still getting hot air blowing into the car.

1oo% heater control valve broken ...they do break

Thanks - turns out something was simply stuck open as it began working fine - funnily enough just as I was going to the mechanic to have it looked at!