How to fix the blend door problem on ford flex and possibly other models enter diagnostic mode on ford flex 2011.
Ford edge blend door actuator reset.
I found this solution on the web and had to pass it along as it saved me some big money.
This is what i did and i have heat again for the cold frigid wife.
The ac in my wife s taurus was not blowing cold.
However that was as far as it went.
As a computer tech engineer i knew there had to be a way to reset those codes.
We installed a new ford edge 2013 blend door actuator.
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.
It will work but your passenger air will be stuck on cool.
First the electric motor can burn out rendering the unit non responsive so nothing changes when the temperature or.
An actuator can go bad in of two ways.
No cost and no work involved except for pressing a.
Since replacing i have not had any issues once so ever.
We have removed the battery cables for 5 minutes and crossed them for 1 minute to clear the settings.
We have tried the power defrost reset.
None of these things have helped.
There is a reset self test feature on the ford digital climate control systems.
I was told i need to reset the blend door actuators by having the motors run a self test or something.
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.
We still can not make the new blend door actuator talk to our computer screen.
There was no fix included.
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.
I disconnected the battery and when i reconnected it the passenger side vents only blow cold air.
I m a mechanic and have replaced the blend door on a few f150s and it was a nightmare.
Blend door actuator on 2012 edge.
Ended up having to have the passenger blend door actuator replaced for less than 200.
You can get the motorcraft actuators much cheaper than the ford dealer here on amazon check fitment guide http amzn to 1sxtnld one bit of advice i can gi.
How do i reset the blend door actuator motor in a 2010 ford fusion.
This is an amazing quick fix.
Finally it got to the point it would not work.