Heater blows hot air from drivers side and cold air from passenger side of car on 2012 dodge avenger. Fixed ac issue where driver side ac would shift to heater while passenger side stayed ice cold. The actuator on bottom is fairly easy to get too, the one on top you have to take the dash apart. After some research i found out this blend door actuator. Hopefully it is something simple because your car has a special duovalve which costs a lot of money to replace if you cannot repair it. After much searching online, i learned that this is generally caused by a blend door actuator.
I just replaced the blend door actuator and its still blowing hot. How can the heater core be defective if it blows hot air out of the drivers side. The dual zone system has two blend door actuators, one for the driver side blend air door and one for the passenger side blend air door. Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions section. If you up for this repair i can send you the steps to do this.
Install the blend door actuator 1 onto the back of the hvac housing 2. I watched you video on replacing the blend door actuator. I have a 2007 lincoln town car and my heater is blowing cold air on the driver side. When you turn the knob on your dash to the desired temperature, the actuator moves the blend door to achieve the proper mix. Rockauto ships auto parts and body parts from over 300 manufacturers to customers doors worldwide, all at warehouse prices. No heat on driver side dodge ram forum dodge truck forums. Turning the actuator to full cold will not find the problem since the actuator internal sensor is bad and cannot control the motor and then will. I have a 2005 tahoe and the drivers side ac blend door is. Open up the actuator using a razor through the seam and remove the electric motor from it. Would anyone tell me where these components are located and how to. Here is the layout of the vents and how they are blowing.
I have a 2011 jgc overland, and the blend door gear on the driver s side is broken. Lo and behold, there it was, on the bottom of the printout, just mere millimeters from the floor. The printout they gave me did not include the driver side blend door actuator. The actuator worked well for a few days, but thereafter the passenger side temperature control went out of sync with the driver side and temperature fluctuated at a given setting. Ok, using your description and this diagram archon had posted on a bc thread. Or are there simply 2 doors worked by the same actuator. I successfully removed the old, and installed the new. Anyways, i replaced all 3 and the driver side issue persists. Drivers side venthot drivers feethot drivers side middlehot middle middlecold passenger middlecold passenger side ventcold i have several questions so ill try to list them so easier to answer.
Do a search on youtube for replacing the blend door actuator for the drivers side and find out if the actuator is turning when you turn the heat control form cold to hot. Replace the glove compartment box and door and tighten all the screws. I ordered the gear and set out to replace it myself, but im stumped. Passenger side blows hot and during winter and driver cold. The actuator is just to the right of center above transmission hump on bottom of ac case.
The mode door actuator just above it moved in all hvac modes. Fixed my 2011 enclave driver s side hot cold blend problem. Swing the actuator in towards the hvac box, reinstall the screws and tighten. The blend door actuator is responsible for controlling the hot and cold air mixtures in your ford f250 or f350 super duty. Great fix to an increasingly common issue in gm trucks. About 18 months ago the forum posts here and elsewhere helped me make a temporary and superficial repair to the driver s side actuator but this time it wasnt working. This actuator did not move when i switched between hvac off and the lowest temp cooling though it did move when i went to highest temp heating.
Spoke with dealer and they thought it could be the heater core. Remove the plastic underdash panel on passenger side. Blend door actuator is manufactured by cei, who is the oem supplier. I also found a video of an f150 driver side actuator being replaced. I was able to get to the screws on the left side of the steering column, other wise there is no room to get your hands in enough to remove the screws. They had a recall on the grand caravans for that exact same issue. Ive read that this could be an blend door actuator that needs to be replaced. Clean the motor using a sandpaper and test the motor using a 9volt battery. This 2004 chevrolet silverado came in with multiple hvac actuator faults. The driver side blend door actuator is located inside of the acheater plenum and in order to remove and replace it the plenum needs to be removed and to remove it you will also need to remove the complete instrument panel.
Tips on tools and technique for replacing the passenger side blend door actuator on a 2004 tahoe or similar. Took it in and it was as you suspect, the blend door actuator. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. I discovered after exhausting every other option that its my blend door or blend door mechanisms. The actuator is working correctly, as are the controls. A quarter the way through the actuator s cycle with the glove box out and stereo bezel removed i can hear a pop and see the actuator move, and also see the mechanisms raise at the time i. Remove the clips and cables inside the door handle and unscrew the door actuator from the door lock. Problems with the drivers side blend door actuator encla. Yeah, if youre getting heat on the passenger side but not the driver side its a blend door issue. Connect the hvac wire harness connector 4 to the blend door actuator.
Heater blows hot on passenger side and cold on drivers. Disengage the red locking tab and disconnect the wire harness connector 2 from the blend door actuator. The drivers side temperature blend door actuator is located under the dash. Had passenger side issues when we purchased the vehicle in 2012. Blend door actuator replacement dodge durango forum. Eccpp heater air blend door actuator fit for acura mdx 20022006, honda odyssey 19992004, honda pilot 20032008 replace 604946 79160s0xa01 hvac blend control actuator 5. Replacement repf410204 heater blend door actuator, sold individually feb 10, 2020 this blend door actuator is perfect, exactly what i needed, and would recommend my friends relatives and. After diagnosing a faulty passenger side blend air door actuator with a tech 2 scan tool. This article applies to the ford f250, f350 super duty 20052014. It was still blowing hot, out of the driver s side. Blend door actuator location chevy tahoe forum gmc. Disconnect the black electrical connector from the actuator. This applies to 20082010 f250 and f350 with the dual climate control.
Remove the 2 screws 1 that secure the blend door actuator 3 to the driver side of the hvac air distribution housing 4 and remove the actuator from the housing. The blend door or vent door mixes warm and cool air to be sent to your vents. This video shows the locations for the lh and rh blend door actuators and. If one of the blend door actuator is not working you will not be able to adjust the temperature on this side and it will stay on hot or cold depending on what position it quit.
It is controlled by a blend door actuator, which is a small electric motor. If youre only able to get cold or very hot air from your vents. It could be that that side is just stuck, slap youre dash a couple of times it might be enough to jar it loose and you may never have the problem again. The blend door actuator is easy to replace on your chevy traverse, gmc acadia, buick enclave. Our 2004 yukon denali was pushing out hot air through the two driver side air vents while the two passenger size air vents worked fine, pushing out cold air. Clarification the ac blows hot air on the driver side and cold air on the passenger side regardless of the driver side thermostat setting i read that this is due to a failed blend door actuator i have the part in a you tube video it showed removal of the glove box would provide access to the actuator however, in removal of the glove box an aluminum frame does not allow access so i guess i. How to remove driversidepassanger side temp controll actuators. Chevy impala heater blows cold air on driver side, blend door actuator location and fix duration. I took the dash off friday and found 3 easily visible motors, 2 of which werent the part i had ordered ahead of time so i had to run out the next day and get. Then check if you have cooler air coming if this frees the valve in the duovalve.
You may have a bad drivers side blend door actuator on the heater box. The single zone heaterac system is equipped with a single blend door actuator. How to replace blend door actuator on 2002 buick lesabre. Driver side blend door actuator removal jeep garage. Drivers side kept blowing hot air no matter the setting but passenger side was ice cold.
I have been told that it could be a blend door, blend door motor or actuator. Sometimes called the air heater blend door, this part is an essential part of your chevys air conditioner system. Motorcraft listed a few part numbers, they are all wrong and this is the one. Install the new actuator by inserting the rod into the blend door arm. Install the screws 1 that secure the blend door actuator 2 to the passenger side of the air distribution housing 3. How to replace a blend door actuator in under 15 minutes. Are there two blend door actuators on a dual climate control unit. Is there a way to remove the actuator without dropping the whole dash. So, i asked for a printout of the 2010 f150 ac stuff. For what it is worth this is the part for the driver side blend door on a 2009 2010 and 2011 ford expedition. Apparently this blend door actuator would remain stuck allowing the heater to continue feeding to driver side only.
Heres how to replace your blend door s actuator and ensure you get hot and cold air when you want in your ford f250 or f350 super duty. It seems like the actuator is being told, to turn the shaft, to heat. A blend door actuator is made up of an electric motor that turns a plastic gear set in one direction or another which is connected to an air control door pivot at the final drive of the unit. Passenger side, the hotcold door is actually a door split in half, assuming you have independent driver passenger temp settings. Refer to blend door actuator, air temperature actuator, removal and installation. Sometimes it would go all the way to hot and not go back to cold until the truck was restarted.
No matter which vent combination i use or fan level i use i only get little to no pressure from any of the vents. Then try tapping on the drivers side duovalve when the ac is blowing hot with the screwdriver handle. I removed the new one, and tried seeing if the actuator would move, when adjusting temp. As you can see in the picture there is a screw that sits behind an aluminum piece of the core dash structure.