Ok, here is the answer to my question which nobody could answer. For some unknown reason the computor system put the defroster / floor vent into "fail safe" mode and the local Toyota dealership "re-initialized' the system. Same as rebooting your computor. Now everything works fine at the cost of $100.00. Could have been alot worse I guess.
Wow. sounds like the dealer got $100 for disconnecting the battery cable for a few minutes. Not bad.
did anyone ever think they might of had to spend some time to find the problem?
You're right and the general diagnostic fee was $100 which they told me in advance. I new they were to run a "check" on the computor system to initially look for the problem so I'm not upset at the $100 buck charge.
I am happy that it was a simple fix/charge and maybe someone else reading this may benefit from it. What we don't know is did they really just disconnect the battery and reconnect or is there really a "reboot" process that must be followed. Either way, it poured here in NJ all day yesterday and I was :D the entire time I was driving.