HVAC switch

[98outbackpdx]

when it gets below 60*F i cannot change which direction the air blows from. i will change it to it blowing at my face, when it is warm out, then it cools down and i forget to switch it then i have no defrost or feet, just blows at my face. i am sure that someone else has had this problem. i think it is just a vacuum hose or something easy, but i would like to have a place to start. thanks in advance. it is in the 98 outback

[impreza_GC8]

Is it only when its below 60 degrees? All other times you can control the vents?

[98outbackpdx]

Is it only when its below 60 degrees? All other times you can control the vents? i haven't had the car for a year, but now to think of it is has kind of done that since i got it.
i got a new battery and it started working again, that was a little over a week ago that i got a battery, and it was working, now it is not working again as of 3 days ago, so i am going to have the battery checked, and the charging system checked again today. my brother has a friend who had a rebuilt alternator in a toyota pickup that would give both good and bad readings depending on where you took, so i think that might be my problem. also it it was around 70*F yesterday so i don't think it is a weather related issue. this might need to be moved to the electrical section.

[chaksq]

Mine does that too. Will randomly not be able to change the blow direction of the HVAC, I think sometimes turning the blower off then on again helps.

[98outbackpdx]

i figured out if you turn the car off then back on in the desired position it will work.