Dodge Dakota Blend Door Fix

How to replace broken recirculating door on 2002 2008 dodge ram 1500 without taking the dash out.

Dodge dakota blend door fix. I left read more. This is just something to give him heat for the winter. Dodge ram 1500 2006 02 dodge ram 2500 2006 03 dodge ram 3500 2006 03. An actuator can go bad in of two ways.

In this video i demonstrate how to repair a broken blend door actuator in a 2001 dodge ram 1500 using a repair kit from a company called heater treater. It s a small inexpensive part but it s buried in the heater box and the dealer repair requires removing your steering column your dash panel disconnecting your ac system and radiator in order to remove the heater box only to replace the blend door with the same weak poorly designed part that failed in the first place. My 2002 dodge dakota has no cabin heat i ve got heat to the core so i suspect that there is an issue with the blend door. 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.

Buddy didn t have any heat cause of the famous broken blend door. I ve removed the heat blend door actuator thinking it is the probem. First the electric motor can burn out rendering the unit non responsive so nothing changes when the temperature or.