The driver's side works correctly BOTH heater and AC but the passenger side has never worked--temp control on that side does nothing. (bought it used) Dealer says it will cost $1250 because HE SAYS the problem is with the "blend door". Have only the Haynes Manual and it says NOTHING about this. Have a factory CD on order. I was hoping it was just a vacuum hose off. Does ANYONE know anything about these?
TIA John
If you have zone control in the van it is possible that the blend air door/acuator could be the problem, but the most likely cause is the a/c controller head on the dash, you would have to determine that by any fault codes found in the HVAC or BCM controller and testing out each part
So you are saying to take it back to a DIFFERENT dealer and ask him to check the codes? Because if I go back to the same dealer, he's gonna tell me the same thing. I travel a lot, so I COULD go to a different one and see.
TIA John
Frankly, I didn't ask. The service guy called me and said it was the blend doors (or the blend something like that) and it would require the dash to be completely removed to fix it. And it would cost about $1250. I told him thanx but no thanx. I guess I really need to get a second opinion. That would probably answer the question I have. Before I went to the dealer, I had taken one of those zone control units off a car in Pick n Pull thinking THAT might be the problem but they wanted $40 and I didn't get it..I guess I shoulda. :-( Oh well...
John
The one at Pick n Pull was from a '96 Dodge but the controls looked the same--passenger and driver controls...but I didn't check the color of the connector. Is there a difference if the controls are the same? Do I sound stupid? :-(
TIA John
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