# Hot air coming from dashboard vent **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771 "2014-08-23T21:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunbelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sunbelt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sunbelt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/1 "2014-08-23T21:02:48Z")
Today I turned on my car and heard a sound like water flowing down a pipe, then I started to feel the car getting warm, but no hot air coming from the vent. I felt the dash board and it felt very warm, and very warm air coming from the dashboard vent. What could cause this to happen? ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/2 "2014-08-23T22:40:25Z")
Confused, you say no hot air from the vent, then you say very warm air from the vent. Which is it? How did you “feel the car getting warm” ? ---
**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/3 "2014-08-24T00:15:10Z")
More than likely blend door. What kind of car, make, model, year and better description of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![MY\_2\_CENTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MY\_2\_CENTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MY_2_CENTS)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/4 "2014-08-24T04:24:26Z")
Like BillRussell I’m confused by the hot air - warm air thing too. The gurgling sound is probably air pockets mixed with coolant flowing through your heater core possibly due to a low coolant level. ---
**Author:** ![sunbelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sunbelt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sunbelt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/5 "2014-08-24T04:57:16Z")
Its a 2006 toyota corolla LE. The vent on top of the dashboard, (windshield defroster) not the vents facing me. I placed my hand on top of the dashboard and felt very warm air coming from this vent. As I am driving the car gradually gets warmer & warmer. I placed my hands on top of the dashboard and it was very, very warm. ---
**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/6 "2014-08-24T05:15:29Z")
There is a little motor that moves the air from the vent to defrost. The little motor is bad. You also need to check your antifreeze level. That is the gurgling you hear. ---
**Author:** ![sunbelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sunbelt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sunbelt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/7 "2014-08-24T23:08:06Z")
Is it safe to drive the car while this air is coming from the windshield defroster? Also, is that motor expensive to change? ---
**Author:** ![MY\_2\_CENTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MY\_2\_CENTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MY_2_CENTS)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-air-coming-from-dashboard-vent/86771/8 "2014-08-24T23:26:10Z")
It should be safe to drive but first check your coolant ( anti freeze ) level.