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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 06:32 PM
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snow in truck?

I have a 2013 supercrew fx4 and everytime I start my truck up in the morning after a snow fall my truck inside is full of snow.My heater will only blow hot air out the passenger side and then after it thaws it will blow normal again.This morning I was making snowballs with all the snow inside my truck.I can't believe Ford would build a truck and send it to northern Canada and have this happen.This is happening to all the ford owners I know up here and the guys with the new gmc and rams are loving it.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 06:40 PM
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no problem with snow in my truck down here


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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 07:49 PM
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Take it in for warranty service.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 08:22 PM
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I have taken the truck in a few times and the truck is in there again right now.Not sure what to do anymore.I have 3 months of winter left and can't handle this anymore.I thought Ford was better than this.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 08:33 PM
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Where is the snow in the cab? How might it be getting inside? I'm just trying to visualize how this might be happening.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 09:33 PM
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The snow is everywhere in my truck.My leather seats had 1/16 th inch of snow on them and as well as the rest of the front of the truck and the back seat had a light coating of snow also.The snow comes from the vents when you start it up.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by yammie
The snow is everywhere in my truck.My leather seats had 1/16 th inch of snow on them and as well as the rest of the front of the truck and the back seat had a light coating of snow also.The snow comes from the vents when you start it up.
Ford can do no wrong!!! . . . obviously they designed it this way for a reason. I would be glad if my vents would blow some snow out because then at least I would know that some heat will soon follow. I drove to work cold, was cold all day, and got to drive home cold. I'm happy though because this means that I can replace the blower motor resistor again after only 2 months. I just might have to buy a whole box of them. And when I do, I'll do it with a smile because I know that this is what Ford wants me to do. Seriously dude; just man up and drive to your destination with a wet a$$; it won't be cold for long if you have heated seats....it will simply feel like you pi$$ed yourself!!!!!
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by yammie
The snow is everywhere in my truck.My leather seats had 1/16 th inch of snow on them and as well as the rest of the front of the truck and the back seat had a light coating of snow also.The snow comes from the vents when you start it up.
Roll yer windows up!


Take a video of this, I wanna see it snowing inside a truck.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 11:48 PM
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Roll yer windows up!


Take a video of this, I wanna see it snowing inside a truck.
Me too. This sounds a little fishy and potentially trollish.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 11:57 PM
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Me too. This sounds a little fishy and potentially trollish.
Me Three!
 
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 04:54 AM
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I just don't see how this is possible....rain maybe...... but snow??? Close your moonroof. Or maybe you need to brush your car off before you open the door.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 08:56 AM
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This guy probably doesn't even own a ford vehicle.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 11:44 AM
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Kinda makes sense if it is really light fluffy snow there is no filter and you smell things immediately from outside (like a diesel truck)

Why can't snow float in through the system if it is -40 degrees outside everything is bitter cold.

I'm sure if you have some smoke machine outside the intake it would produce smoke on the inside coming through the vents
 
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 11:55 AM
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My wife said my truck did this when she moved it in the driveway last week... we had a ton of snow and it was "powder" type snow so it was real light.

My guess is that when the snow is that light it can get sucked in by the engine fan and then the blower also sucks it in when you first start the truck.

Its only happened once to me (well, her... I haven't seen it)

This doesn't really seem like much of a problem to me.

If it happens again, I would just put it on recirc till the truck warms up a little. Once the engine warms up even a hair the snow would melt before it gets to your vents.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 12:01 PM
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The air intake is in the cowl, not under the hood.

Cover your cowl with a piece of plastic when you park it outside and brush all the snow off the hood before you remove the plastic and start it.
 
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