2001 to 2005 Civic Mode Control Motor Repair

How to repair or replace your 7th generation Honda civic mode control motor assembly

[@bluephishie8839]

Appreciate the video. I was about to attempt swapping it out but I was able to give it a nudge with a screwdriver and now it moves freely. Hopefully I'll get a few more years out of it. 👍

[@petergamboa6182]

Thanks for the video!!!! I’ve put off messing with the actuator for over a year. I would have to wait a week or two for the actuator to switch from defrost to vent, and I would leave it there for the whole season. I opened up the actuator, reapplied grease to the gears and removed the old dry grease, and then placed back together and functioned as it should… surprisingly. Saved $150 for the replacement part. Thanks again for your video:

[@chrisrees1699]

Glad I could help

[@alexr101992]

Update: fixed my actuator issue. Followed everything you showed. I added a few steps more, I tested the motor with a Dewalt battery to make sure it functioned properly. Unfortunately my gears spun freely, so the only other thing I did was clean all contact points and slightly bent the pins that made contact with the gear to a more pressed on position. So far everything seems to work.* Added note, you will break the clasps holding the two halves of the motor housing, don't worry the screws that hold the bracket and housing will press everything together.

[@headnorth2ak]

Thank you for putting this out. Perfect fix. Really appreciate it.

[@supermanacf]

Just want to say thank you for putting this out there. Going to be very useful for fixing my honda's AC / heat switch.

[@toyotatroy]

My mode control stopped switching today. Thanks for video

[@micaht4921]

Thanks bro. I might actually try and take it apart too haha.

[@jban9827]

super helpful man

[@alexr101992]

Thanks bro, trying to keep my old girl running as long as possible

[@davidbarr6884]

Thanks for the video. I just bought an 04 civic and the previous owner damaged the control motor when he removed the ECM. I had no idea how to access it. The ECM is difficult to remove now you got me thinking that with removing the airbag the ECM may be able to be removed from the top??? has anyone attempted this?

[@kevinarmstrong7469]

Great video I love the extra step. I'm not cheap I'm mechanically inclined and hate buying parts that I can easily fix my self. Thanks for the video.

[@calvin8243]

How do u connect the Rca cables to the factory amp? Mine is making a hissing noise and sounds maxed out at volume 1

[@chrisrees1699]

Cut up an rca cable. Inner is positive outer is negative, hook it up to the aftermarket harness speaker connections and plug it into the low level rca outputs on your receiver.

[@purodesmadre713]

Does control the temperature as well? or is it simply for switching between where the air comes out?

[@novaorbitdragon]

Just where the air comes out, the temp blend door is alll the way on the drivers side up under the dash. Requires the removal of the dash. Removing the dash will take no longer than a hour if you know what you are doing. there may be a work around, but its way up there

[@Chingonazo1]

The light of air recirculation button turns ON, but makes no difference to the air flow when my AC is working. Any ideas?

[@Stanku20234]

I'd guess it is the recirculating door actuator. www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2005/honda/civic/climate_control/hvac_recirculation_door_actuator.html Very similar actuating mechanism.

[@davidbarr6884]

Update ECM cannot be removed from the top, however the ECM is much easier to remove if you remove the mode control motor.

[@benpound9842]

In the Chilton repair book it only says to remove the ECM, not the airbag, but do you think that there is enough room to only remove the ECM? Thanks for the timely video by the way, something with my mode control motor went bad only a week ago :)

[@benpound9842]

Did it yesterday, let me answer my own question: you could probably do it with just removing the ECM but the space is pretty narrow so it would be difficult. Plus you would need a really long extender to get to one of the ECM bolts. I ended up getting to it just as shown in this video. In my case all that turned out to be wrong was that the joints were stuck and needed some grease. The working motor had a resistance of about 1 ohm, for reference if anyone's is bad.

[@jban9827]

@@benpound9842 helpful, thanks man

[@AndersonOozie13]

why didn't you show how the blend door connects back? It isn't the most obvious. Any idea where the diagram is for how you position the arm back inside the levers?

[@chrisrees1699]

near impossible to get a good picture of those and the position it's in will change depending on where it was stuck. sorry, that's one you'll just have to pay attention to when taking it apart.

[@chuckp1832]

It is not a good idea to store the air bag with cover down. If the air bag goes off it will launch it and could hurt someone or, damage something. Store it away from you with the top facing up. Treat it like the bomb that it is.

[@jchernan]

You’ll have to reset the SRS warning light if you turn on the ignition before reconnecting the SRS connector. This video worked on a 2004 Civic kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6PIk32iopdkf5I