This 2008 Chevrolet Impala came in with the complaint that the blower speed would shift up and down. This was also accompanied by a drastic change in the air conditioning vent temperatures. This was actually quite easy to figure out while sitting in the driver’s seat. I have the luxury of having a Tech 2 … Continue reading “2008 Chevrolet Impala Blower Speed & A/C Cooling Erratic”
This 1993 Acura Legend came in with the complaint that the air conditioner was not keeping the car cool enough. A quick check revealed that the air was cold but there was not much volume. Time to check the cabin air filter. It is located behind the glove compartment on the passenger side of the … Continue reading “1993 Acura Legend, Low Air Flow From A/C Vents”
This 2006 Chevrolet Equinox came in with the complaint that the blower motor worked sometimes. Most of the time it did not work. The customer had already replaced the blower motor and the blower relay to no avail. I checked the blower fuse in the underhood fuse box to make sure it was both good … Continue reading “2006 Chevrolet Equinox, Blower Erratic / Inoperative”
This 1999 Chevrolet Suburban came in with the complaint that most of the instrument cluster. Also the HVAC control head panel illumination bulbs do not work. Since a couple of them did work, I did not have to worry about fuses and switches being the problem. Just blown bulbs. Disassembly starts with grasping the edges … Continue reading “1999 Chevrolet Suburban, Replacing Instrument Cluster & HVAC Illumination Bulbs”
This 1992 GMC C1500 pickup came in with the complaint that the blower motor was squeaking and the noise was getting worse. The blower motor is located under the passenger side of the dash and has this rubber and foam sound deadening cover over it. I know it seems strange but the first step in … Continue reading “1992 GMC Pickup, Changing The Blower Motor”
This is the last part of this repair article. The only aggravating part of this repair is the antenna cable. In order to pull the passenger side of the dash out far enough the cable has to be disconnected from the dash at two locations. It is held to the dash with push pin retainers … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Air Door, Part Three”
This is the second part of this repair to see the first part please click here. Moving to the driver’s side of the vehicle the finish panel that covers the sides and top edge of the steering column opening needs to be removed. It will pull loose by grabbing the lower edges and pulling it … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Door, Part Two”
I had already determined that the blend air door was broken in this 1999 Ford F150. There are some hacked up ways of changing this door and if that is what you are looking for this article is not for you. Although there are a lot of steps involved in replacing the broken blend air … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Door, Part One”
This 2001 Cadillac Deville came in with the complaint that the driver’s side vent temperature stays hot all of the time. I checked codes in the instrument panel module and found a code B0408 stored for a fault in the air mix one actuator. With the B0408 code the problem could have easily have been … Continue reading “2001 Cadillac Deville, Driver’s Side Air Stuck, B0408”
This 2004 Chevrolet Silverado came in with the complaint that the air only blows through the defrost and will not blow out of any other location. There were codes B0263 and B3770 stored in the HVAC module. The codes refer to mode actuator faults. To access the actuator, the driver’s side heater floor vent extension … Continue reading “2004 Chevrolet Silverado, Changing The Mode Actuator”