Hello, I'm having and issue with my 18 LX. Everytime I start the car, the climate controls reset (after about 1 min of nothing). I checked the blend door behind the glovebox and it seems to be stuck in the down position (fresh, not recirculate). I don't want to force it and break the actuator arm. The car just went off of CPO last month, so I am hoping it is an easy fix. Any suggestions?
Climate Control Resets and Stuck Blend/Recirculate Door (in closed position) (1 Viewer)
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bloc
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Personally I wouldn’t let the dealer mess with it. The official dealer fix is to pull the dash so they can replace the whole blend door box.. and who knows what they’ll leave disconnected in that procedure. Or opportunities for misalignment of panels, squeaks, wires rubbing in five years…
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I agree, that is what I was hoping to avoid. I am curious that my blend door is stuck down, so I am afraid to push it up and break the acutator arm. My brothers 200 had the door broken by the dealer and his door was in the up position (they broke it when the put the new filter in). Since mine is closed, I am not sure how to get it open... Any thoughts?
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I will give that a try. I have tried to gently push it up, but not while hitting the recirc button.
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Tried pushing up the door while hitting the recirc button. The door did not budge. If the acutator arm was broken, I should be able to push the door up? I can't seem to find an example of someone having the door stuck down....
bloc
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You'll probably need to remove the lower airbag and glove box assembly to get a look at the linkage and figure out what's going on. There are cases of the linkage just disconnecting and to me it seems plausible it can get jammed if that happens.
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We brought the car in for its service and the dealer ended up replacing the blend door for free (since they are the only ones to ever change the filter). But they said it also has the code B1449 which is rear servo motor error. I did notice that there is no air coming out of the roof vents. I saw that there is a recall for the 2016-2017 Land Cruiser and LX for these servos.. https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10204551-9999.pdf
I also noticed that there is a TSB on this, which involves updating the software.
I am concerned that if I go back to the dealer, they will just replace the rear servo when all it needs is the software update. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I also noticed that there is a TSB on this, which involves updating the software.
I am concerned that if I go back to the dealer, they will just replace the rear servo when all it needs is the software update. Does anyone have any suggestions?
xeuxaz
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Push for the TSB Software update. I know of another 2018 MY that this fixed what you describe of.
