Broken Jeep heater and unhappy wife!

Feb 16, 2007 3 Replies

I received this from a friend, but I've never owned a Jeep Cherokee (I own a CJ and YJ, My Cherokee is a Piper). Anyone know how to fix this?



Hi all,



My 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee has developed a "glitch" and I need advice! The passenger dash vents and floor vents are all blowing air but it is COLD even when the switches are set for hot. (It blows hot on the driver's side.) OF course, it is out of warranty and the estimate is 1,200 to go into the dash and replace a "flapper". That's a LOT of avgas... And user fees! ;) The question is does anyone know how difficult it is to go in, extricate the part and swap it or fix it myself? If anyone happens to know of a website with "how-to remove the dash", that would be a help. OR, should I just let the dealer do it?



Thanks in advance,



Ralph



PS To give you an idea of what I can take on, I recently, skinned the passenger seat, found a broken wire in the seat heater and soldered it back.



Even managed to reassemble the seat and put it back in the Jeep! :)


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Maybe he will feel better if you call it a "blend door" instead of a "flapper". ;^)

Earle

It appears he has a Limited or Overland with its failure prone Automatic Zone Controls.

If he is handy mechanically the parts to fix everything run about $350. The expensive part is labor as you have to remove the entire dash. Quite often it is recommended to replace the heater core and AC coils while you are in there.

If everything is being replaced then $1200 is a fair price.

were are you located?/ i'll do it for 300 labor plus parts i have done at least

20 > I received this from a friend, but I've never owned a Jeep Cherokee (I own a

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