Had to take apart the whole dash.
Ford edge blend door actuator reset.
I was expecting the same nightmare on my wife s 2012 ford edge it actually was vary simple just drop the glove box and it s right there you man have to take off the panel along the center.
The ac in my wife s taurus was not blowing cold.
I found this solution on the web and had to pass it along as it saved me some big money.
This is an amazing quick fix.
We have removed the battery cables for 5 minutes and crossed them for 1 minute to clear the settings.
I disconnected the battery and when i reconnected it the passenger side vents only blow cold air.
I was told i need to reset the blend door actuators by having the motors run a self test or something.
We have tried the power defrost reset.
There is a reset self test feature on the ford digital climate control systems.
A blend door actuator is made up of an electric motor that turns a plastic gear set in one direction or another which is connected to an air control door pivot at the final drive of the unit.
First the electric motor can burn out rendering the unit non responsive so nothing changes when the temperature or.
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Ended up having to have the passenger blend door actuator replaced for less than 200.
Finally it got to the point it would not work.
None of these things have helped.
I m a mechanic and have replaced the blend door on a few f150s and it was a nightmare.
We still can not make the new blend door actuator talk to our computer screen.
Since replacing i have not had any issues once so ever.
How do i reset the blend door actuator motor in a 2010 ford fusion.
I was told that every was ok except that the blend door was binding.
However that was as far as it went.
It will work but your passenger air will be stuck on cool.
I was able to do it with my 2013 ford edge limited multiple times mainly bc i didn t want to spend the money to get it fixed.
No cost and no work involved except for pressing a.
There was no fix included.
An actuator can go bad in of two ways.
As a computer tech engineer i knew there had to be a way to reset those codes.
Blend door actuator on 2012 edge.
How to fix the blend door problem on ford flex and possibly other models enter diagnostic mode on ford flex 2011.
