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Car Forum / Chrysler Cars / January 2005Passenger heater COLD in 96 T&C LXi
The driver's side works correctly BOTH heater and AC but the passenger side has never worked--temp control on that side does nothing. (bought it used) Dealer says it will cost $1250 because HE SAYS the problem is with the "blend door". Have only the Haynes Manual and it says NOTHING about this. Have a factory CD on order. I was hoping it was just a vacuum hose off. Does ANYONE know anything about these? TIA John If you have zone control in the van it is possible that the blend air door/acuator could be the problem, but the most likely cause is the a/c controller head on the dash, you would have to determine that by any fault codes found in the HVAC or BCM controller and testing out each part Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech > The driver's side works correctly BOTH heater and AC but the passenger side > has never worked--temp control on that side does nothing. (bought it used) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > TIA > John So you are saying to take it back to a DIFFERENT dealer and ask him to check the codes? Because if I go back to the same dealer, he's gonna tell me the same thing. I travel a lot, so I COULD go to a different one and see. TIA John No what I am saying is that it could be a problem with the blend air door/motor, however the price that they are giving you seems way out of control, unless there is more on the bill then just the heater problem But you can get a second opinion, alot of dealers will just plug in a new control unit if they arent sure of the fix to isolate the problem. Then again alot willl not do that.Did the dealer find a BCM code or an HVAC code in the system? > So you are saying to take it back to a DIFFERENT dealer and ask him to > check the codes? Because if I go back to the same dealer, he's gonna tell [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > TIA > John Frankly, I didn't ask. The service guy called me and said it was the blend doors (or the blend something like that) and it would require the dash to be completely removed to fix it. And it would cost about $1250. I told him thanx but no thanx. I guess I really need to get a second opinion. That would probably answer the question I have. Before I went to the dealer, I had taken one of those zone control units off a car in Pick n Pull thinking THAT might be the problem but they wanted $40 and I didn't get it..I guess I shoulda. :-( Oh well... John If you had to buy that controller over the counter it would be about $300, if you do decide to go used part, make sure it is the same zone control, take yours out and check to see that the onnectors are the same color as the used one, it makes a big difference, > Frankly, I didn't ask. The service guy called me and said it was the blend > doors (or the blend something like that) and it would require the dash to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > John >make sure it is the same zone control, >take yours out and check to see that the >connectors are the same color as >the used one, it makes a big difference, The one at Pick n Pull was from a '96 Dodge but the controls looked the same--passenger and driver controls...but I didn't check the color of the connector. Is there a difference if the controls are the same? Do I sound stupid? :-( TIA John once again, make sure it is the same control, including the connectors > >make sure it is the same zone control, > >take yours out and check to see that the >connectors are the same color [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > TIA > John |
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