Gotta tell ya man, it's the dudes who look up a problem, see there's no solution, and upload their own for others to use as guidance that are the MVP. Thanks man
Watching this saved my husband and I over $2000, which was what we were quoted for parts and labor at our local Dodge dealer to change an entire assembly, when all we needed was a $3 gear. Thanks for this!
Dude!! I know this video is old, but it's still very helpful to other Grand Cherokee owners like myself. Thank you so much for making this video. You likely saved me thousands of dollars!!
Great job man! Just got mine fixed after a couple bonehead mistakes on my part. Only took about an hour minus my mistakes. 2011 Grand Cherokee Limited 72K
a just bought a commander and this gives me another idea of where to look. when i dropped the glovebox out a quadrant gear fell out. pulled the motor to clear debris and it's not as loud now. the blend doors is my problem also. thanks
Yes the new gears from Chrysler have to be timed unlike the old gears there is a timing mark on the actuator that the flat spot lines up with just turn on the HVAC controler and plug the actuator in and when the timing Mark's line up unplug it then install everything and plug it back in
First off… thank you, I really appreciate your walkthrough and it helped me get to the actuator…but I am still having an issue. My 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee started blowing room temp air on the passenger side…driver side is fine TG, but I’m in Florida and it’s too hot to have AC issues! So I checked the blend door actuator and yes…the plastic gear broke off at the stop…and even though I didn’t need it I decided to replace both the actuator motor and the gear with new OEM parts just to be done with it for under $50. So I believe I installed the parts correctly, it can only go in one-way right? Before I installed it tho, I manually tested the door first and it moves freely…I also tested the motor and let it dangle while I powered on the car…I tried holdingon to it to see if some resistance would stop it like the gear stop is supposed to do right? Wrong…that motor did not feel like it was going to stop, or am I missing something here? Shouldn’t it stop with some resistance? Anyway…I really had no other alternative other than to just install and test it …and so I did just that and I’m pretty sure I installed it correctly…it can only go in one way right? I slipped on the gear to the inner gear 1st…with the large tooth to the large gap…then adjusted the actuator/stem to line up and screwed it down. I’m wondering if this is the point where I didn’t line it up correctly somehow. So after installing the actuator/gear and removing battery power for 30 min to recalibrate…I cranked it up and all I can hear from the actuator was a loud clicking noise like the plastic gear just sheared off the stop again! I don’t think I need to pull it off again to figure that out as its exactly the same…cold air on the driver and room temp on the passenger side. I’m puzzled as to why when I crank up the heat on the passenger side that works with no problem…it just doesn’t get cold when I crank it down! I don’t wanna give up yet my bruthas…any help would be appreciated….thx again
GREAT VIDEO, I was considering filming my repair, but this video is perfect. Part was about $47, took about 30 minutes off and 30 minutes on, after watching this video and one other, works again!!! I bought a thumb ratchet from Sears for 9 bucks that saved a little time. Update 11/2017 85K and #3 solenoid went bad, hand a complete service done front brakes, and brake flush, plugs. Update 12/2017 87K the evap code came up, valve on top of the gas tank went bad, then had to take it back because they didn’t test it and it still leaked, they picked up the tab for the second time they had to pull the tank. So far repairs were about a 1/3 of buying an extended warranty that would’ve ran out at 75K. Update 10/2018 now the AC actuator on the drivers side is dead.
Gotta tell ya man, it's the dudes who look up a problem, see there's no solution, and upload their own for others to use as guidance that are the MVP. Thanks man
Watching this saved my husband and I over $2000, which was what we were quoted for parts and labor at our local Dodge dealer to change an entire assembly, when all we needed was a $3 gear. Thanks for this!
Thanks for the upload. I did this on the passenger side of my 2012 SRT8 in under an hour.
Dude!! I know this video is old, but it's still very helpful to other Grand Cherokee owners like myself. Thank you so much for making this video. You likely saved me thousands of dollars!!
Thanks for the video. This worked great for fixing the same problem on a 2011 Dodge Durango.
1Great video and I was able to repair my passenger's side AC...Thanks
This video helped me a lot! Made quick work out of switching this out in the cold! Thank you!!
Awesome video!! This helped me replace actuator and gear kit. Also replaced resister at the same time.
Great job man! Just got mine fixed after a couple bonehead mistakes on my part. Only took about an hour minus my mistakes. 2011 Grand Cherokee Limited 72K
Found the part number for the gear. Cost me 16 bucks at the dealer. Oh well got it done in 30 minutes. Thanks for the video it was helpful.
Great video!!! Thanks a lot! Will do that on mine this weekend.
Thanks for the video. it's huge help
a just bought a commander and this gives me another idea of where to look. when i dropped the glovebox out a quadrant gear fell out. pulled the motor to clear debris and it's not as loud now. the blend doors is my problem also. thanks
Thanks helped a lot, I probably would have broke some plastic trying to rip out the glovebox.
Ty. I'm following your video now. While I do the repair
Yes the new gears from Chrysler have to be timed unlike the old gears there is a timing mark on the actuator that the flat spot lines up with just turn on the HVAC controler and plug the actuator in and when the timing Mark's line up unplug it then install everything and plug it back in
Awesome video I have the same problem it blow warm air on that side. Do you have the part number of piece I need to fix ? Thanks
First off… thank you, I really appreciate your walkthrough and it helped me get to the actuator…but I am still having an issue. My 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee started blowing room temp air on the passenger side…driver side is fine TG, but I’m in Florida and it’s too hot to have AC issues! So I checked the blend door actuator and yes…the plastic gear broke off at the stop…and even though I didn’t need it I decided to replace both the actuator motor and the gear with new OEM parts just to be done with it for under $50. So I believe I installed the parts correctly, it can only go in one-way right? Before I installed it tho, I manually tested the door first and it moves freely…I also tested the motor and let it dangle while I powered on the car…I tried holdingon to it to see if some resistance would stop it like the gear stop is supposed to do right? Wrong…that motor did not feel like it was going to stop, or am I missing something here? Shouldn’t it stop with some resistance? Anyway…I really had no other alternative other than to just install and test it …and so I did just that and I’m pretty sure I installed it correctly…it can only go in one way right? I slipped on the gear to the inner gear 1st…with the large tooth to the large gap…then adjusted the actuator/stem to line up and screwed it down. I’m wondering if this is the point where I didn’t line it up correctly somehow. So after installing the actuator/gear and removing battery power for 30 min to recalibrate…I cranked it up and all I can hear from the actuator was a loud clicking noise like the plastic gear just sheared off the stop again! I don’t think I need to pull it off again to figure that out as its exactly the same…cold air on the driver and room temp on the passenger side. I’m puzzled as to why when I crank up the heat on the passenger side that works with no problem…it just doesn’t get cold when I crank it down! I don’t wanna give up yet my bruthas…any help would be appreciated….thx again
Can anyone confirm if dual - zone air control option is a different part?
GREAT VIDEO, I was considering filming my repair, but this video is perfect. Part was about $47, took about 30 minutes off and 30 minutes on, after watching this video and one other, works again!!! I bought a thumb ratchet from Sears for 9 bucks that saved a little time. Update 11/2017 85K and #3 solenoid went bad, hand a complete service done front brakes, and brake flush, plugs. Update 12/2017 87K the evap code came up, valve on top of the gas tank went bad, then had to take it back because they didn’t test it and it still leaked, they picked up the tab for the second time they had to pull the tank. So far repairs were about a 1/3 of buying an extended warranty that would’ve ran out at 75K. Update 10/2018 now the AC actuator on the drivers side is dead.