On this video we showing how to troubleshoot a problem with the air conditioning main blend door on a 2002 ford f150 we found a bad blend door actuator moto.
Ford f150 blend door problems.
The blend door mixes the hot air with the cold air in the cabin of your ford truck.
A symptom of this problem is an inability to effectively control the vehicle s interior temperature.
I love my truck but i wish ford had fixed this problem by now.
Running hot cold heater and air conditioner blend door failure is a common problem on many popular passenger car truck suv and van models.
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Luckily the repair is fairly straightforward requiring only a new blend door actuator and some minor disassembly of the dashboard.
Once you have established that it has gone bad you can check out amazon to purchase an oem replacement actuator.
Ford has released their fix for this problem.
If the door is broken sometimes only hot air will blow through the vents or similarly just cold air.
The latest fix put out from ford is a revised blend door motor for the issue where the a c quits blowing cold and switches to warm on its own then back to cold.
On most vehicles the blend door hangs on a vertical or horizontal axis so turning.
The actuator controls air movement through the hvac ducts including what air flows through the heater core.
For the last 20 or 30 years in these trucks they have been prone to failure.
This article applies to the ford f 150 2004 2014.
Having gone through some climate control issues with my 2005 ford explorer that features the 4 0l engine i have decided to come up with an all rounded article to help you diagnose if you have a faulty blend door actuator.
Ford said my blend door problem was the actuator behind the glove box they showed me a schematic which shows the other two everyone but me is having to replace as well with my actuator being up.