I had a dead battery so I bought new battery. Now I dont get any air flow out of the dash vents. Do I have to re calibrate the actuators, if so, how do I do it? Thanks in advance.
No air flow from vents
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RayVoy
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- Nov 20, 2011
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It happened because you disconnected the battery, the cure is to disconnect the battery.
Actually, a reboot. The actuators are self-aligning; but need to be forced into the procedure.
Sometimes, 2, or 3, disconnects are required to reset the actuators. If the 1st one doesn't work, re-position the controls and try again. Do not touch the controls for a couple of minutes after the reconnect.
Actually, a reboot. The actuators are self-aligning; but need to be forced into the procedure.
Sometimes, 2, or 3, disconnects are required to reset the actuators. If the 1st one doesn't work, re-position the controls and try again. Do not touch the controls for a couple of minutes after the reconnect.
1) You actually have to turn the ignition on (don't have to start the engine) after the battery reconnection, to trigger the recalibration process.
2) The airflow mode actuator could have died, and sometimes the recalibration process doesn't get it back.
There are dozens of threads on the subject of "dash vents quit working" and "airflow mode actuator replacement". Including this: http://gmtnation.com/f23/2002-envoy-mode-door-actuator-replacement-2787/
2) The airflow mode actuator could have died, and sometimes the recalibration process doesn't get it back.
There are dozens of threads on the subject of "dash vents quit working" and "airflow mode actuator replacement". Including this: http://gmtnation.com/f23/2002-envoy-mode-door-actuator-replacement-2787/
I finally got around to trying to fix the actuator. It seems to be bad. I removed it and played with it. I plugged the connector back in and let it hang while I tried to operate it. It always want to go back to the floor position and does not go back the other way to the vent position. I'm wondering if its the control switch. Even if the control is set for the vents, as soon as I connect the actuator it moves to the floor position. I think that there should be no power to move the actuator to floor position without the control switch telling it to. Any thoughts??
Actuators also contain a position feedback sensor. The sensor could be bad, or the wiring to the control module, or the control module itself. Need to check the voltage on all pins of the actuator and compare it to the other side equivalent, or put in a new actuator, to troubleshoot it definitively.
Its all fixed. It was a bad actuator. Here is what I found. Once you remove the actuator the trap door will fall down to the vent position. When I received the actuator it was in the floor position. You can not install it like that. There is no way to hold the door in the correct position to get it to work You must open the actuator up, lift the small motor off the gear so you can rotate the white arm into the correct position. Do not twist the white arm with out opening it up as you will strip the gears. Then I removed the white arm and installed it into its correct place and made sure it moved the door from vent to floor smoothly and fully. You will hear the door hit both stops . Then I installed the actuator onto it. Here is a picture of how it should look. You can see the two notches in the metal sleeve are rotated to the left just past of the straight up and down lines on the black case. I did not have to remove any triangle bracket like another post said. I removed the black plastic from bottom of dash. Then the plastic just below the steering wheel and removed the metal support behind that. I also moved the duct out of the way. If you lay on your back you can look up and see the actuator. Hope this helps.
