# Climate control hard to move, Mazda 1996 protege **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 23, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/climate-control-hard-to-move-mazda-1996-protege/86175 "2014-07-23T01:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Juanita1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@Juanita1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Juanita1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/climate-control-hard-to-move-mazda-1996-protege/86175/1 "2014-07-23T01:07:15Z")
128,000 + miles The lower climate control is physically hard to move like something is blocking it. However, the intensity control moves just fine. Both do their job of controlling the temperature/intensity, etc. Why might the lower control be hard to move? Can I fix it myself? Thankyou! ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/climate-control-hard-to-move-mazda-1996-protege/86175/2 "2014-07-23T01:18:45Z")
If it is the temperature control it may have an old cable that is sticking and needs to be replaced. ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/climate-control-hard-to-move-mazda-1996-protege/86175/3 "2014-07-23T02:33:35Z")
Lay on your back on the front floor and with a flashlight see if you can find the cable that moves a little as you move the knob. If it’s covered with a plastic sheath, there’s not much you can do. If you see a bare wire spiral, spray it with WD40. If you can see either end of the cable, lube that too. ---
**Author:** ![Juanita1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@Juanita1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Juanita1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/climate-control-hard-to-move-mazda-1996-protege/86175/4 "2014-07-23T04:08:47Z")
My garage is 100 degrees right now so I will wait till the morning to locate the cable or when it gets cooler here in Kansas…