2014 Ford Edge Blend Door Actuator Reset

The climate control on my 2014 edge edge is malfunctioning.

2014 ford edge blend door actuator reset.

Ford has admitted there are issues with the climate control on some of these vehicles. I was told that every was ok except that the blend door was binding. Just wanted to show the location and how lit. I found this solution on the web and had to pass it along as it saved me some big money.

Blend door ok first put you front seat down and back raise steering wheel. This one is shown for one without dual climate zone. 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. Blend door one minute fix post by da2012 tue feb 19 2019 1 23 am replaced the actuator works good now when i run codes no codes just reads what ever temp i have set on front and back.

An actuator can go bad in of two ways. Ended up having to have the passenger blend door actuator replaced for less than 200. These issues are hard to diagnose without further testing. Look up see 2 screws remove them and the panel they hold on.

At first it sounds like a wiring issues. This video shows a 2010 but it is similar for other years. This is an amazing quick fix. Look to left main wire harness needs to be moved to the right up and behind it is th blend actuator 7 32 socket to remove it then manually turn the white peg total labor 30 min.

Finally it got to the point it would not work. You may want to attempt to perform a reset diagnostic test on the vehicle. There is a reset self test feature on the ford digital climate control systems. First the electric motor can burn out rendering the unit non responsive so nothing changes when the temperature or.

If the door mechanically moves as it should but the actuator won t replace the rh temperature blend door actuator. This has happened twice before and the ford dealer said this is a problem that ford is aware of and is working on a solution. 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. There may be a short or fault in the circuit somewhere in the system.

Regardless if it is set on dual or individual the drivers side blows cold air while the passenger side blows hot. No cost and no work involved except for pressing a. Now lay on you back with you head in the drivers floor board.