2001 Silverado Blend Door Actuator Repair

I have now gotten heat broiling glorious blistering lava.

2001 silverado blend door actuator repair.

Move the seat back as far as you can helps to get in there. But try pulling fuse first for hvac sometimes it resets the actuators. The mode door actuator is on the left and the resirc door actuator is at the top of the dash near the windshield. As mentioned earlier a blend door actuator is linked to the air control door it rotates side by side with the electronic motor.

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. The blend door actuator is located in the center of the core box up under the dash. Those are some of the heater blend door actuator symptoms you need to watch out for. Check out the diagrams below.

Remove the mode actuator mounting screws from the hvac module. Causes of a bad blend door actuator. 7h estimate with the truck gone for 2 days to remove the dash disconnect the. Remove the mode actuator as an assembly with the actuator cam.

There is a replacement mode or blend actuator available at most auto parts stores dorman part 604 107 price 39 99. Blend door actuator replacement. I have a 2001 chevy tahoe where the defrost selector in the dash doesn t work it only blows how air out the front vents. Nov 01 2014 1 28am.

The mode actuator is on passenger side. Well after 5 years of my silverado not ever putting out any heat being told by a sleazy service manager that it s normal as it s a v6 so not warranty. An actuator can go bad in of two ways.