The heater blend doors act as a gateway to the vehicle s ventilation system.
Blend door actuator 1998 chevy silverado.
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.
When heat is built up inside of the heater core the actuator door shifts to allow the hot air through the system and when the climate control is turned to cool the door flaps in the other direction closing off the heater core.
This article applies to the chevrolet silverado 1500 1996 2006.
I found a way to fix the actuators that cause this problem in certain cases.
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Blend door actuator replaces 89018365 604 106 52402588 fits 1994 2012 chevrolet chevy gmc silverado 1500 and 2500 tahoe sierra air door actuator hvac blend control act by mango s 17 83 17.
The blend door actuator is located in the center of the core box up under the dash.
The mode door actuator is on the left and the resirc door actuator is at the top of the dash near the windshield.
There is a replacement mode or blend actuator available at most auto parts stores dorman part 604 107 price 39 99.
First the electric motor can burn out rendering the unit non responsive so nothing changes when the temperature or.
Heater blend door actuator connector.
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