# A/C fan **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford, ranger\ **Created:** [December 17, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-fan/76191 "2012-12-17T08:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snapmeyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@snapmeyer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/snapmeyer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-fan/76191/1 "2012-12-17T08:13:18Z")
2001 Ford Ranger 3.0 6 cyl auto (extended cab)…Whether it’s a/c or heat the vent on the passenger side floor sounds like it has a leaf or twig caught in it. It only sounds better when I turn it up to full blast, but it’s SO annoying and I have to turn up the radio to compensate. Additonally, the cab gets cold/hot just fine, however, the vents do not seem to work exactly like the dial reads, meaning, if I have it on the front vents or the front and floor vents, it still blows like it was on defrost. It seems. Have a Haynes repair manual but it doesn’t cover this. HELP! Am active duty military with 3 kids and a wife all in school so am on a fixed income, for sure. No problem doing the maintenance myself but am trying to be selective on what I NEED to do. Thank you Andrew ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-fan/76191/2 "2012-12-17T08:44:05Z")
You have a vacuum problem. That’s why you’re stuck in defrost mode. Look for rotted vacuum hoses going into the cab, at the firewall area.