Quick question. 2010 LX my blend door is not secured to the actuator tip. I see the tip moves when I change from recirc to fresh air. The tip is loose and not in the hole in the blend door. I read all about having to put in record mode before changing the filter. My main question is the hole in the blend door a complete circle or does it have a little gap at the bottom? Mine doesn't look like the other photos of cracked and broken pieces in that circular area so I am hoping that gap is supposed to be there and I just need to re seat the door onto the actuator tip. Any idea?
A/c blend door
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On my truck, the armature popped out of the groove on the recirc door. It's been a while, but IIRC the armature has a little pin that sits in a groove on the door. The groove is linear, I think, not circular.
I removed the little flat trim panel under the passenger side of the dash and lay on my back in the footwell. Looking up with a headlamp/flashlight, I was able to pop the little pin back in with a long screwdriver. It took about 3 tries. Having someone else press the recirc button would be useful, since I could only get it to re-seat when the actuator was moving. If you're nimble, you can press the button and dive back under the dash in time to catch it when it moves.
I removed the little flat trim panel under the passenger side of the dash and lay on my back in the footwell. Looking up with a headlamp/flashlight, I was able to pop the little pin back in with a long screwdriver. It took about 3 tries. Having someone else press the recirc button would be useful, since I could only get it to re-seat when the actuator was moving. If you're nimble, you can press the button and dive back under the dash in time to catch it when it moves.
On mine, I had to put some pressure on the arm to get it to flex enough to pop into the groove. I wouldn't say it "clicked" in, but it was obvious once it had been re-seated correctly. Somebody must have really yanked on that door to get it to pop out.
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All better. I wound up dislocating the arm from the actuator so I followed the directions in a previous thread and pulled the glove box. Was able to get everything back together and working fine. I put a warning notice on the cabin filter door. I service it myself but with the upcoming recall I am sure they will try to check things to sell me something. I will make sure I note on the repair order to not check the filter. Thanks everybody this forum is awesome