2011 Dodge Durango Ac/heat doesn't change/ blower off-on

[@duhhuskie2698]

Thank you sooo much. You have saved my pain of 5 years trying to fix this thing men

[@curtisnstacey]

your very welcome. im very glad this helped you. i appreciate you stopping by and taking the time out to watch my video

[@EyeSaidIt2]

Finally! A clear, detailed video on how to reinstall and line up the actuator gear! So many looong videos out there on this topic with guys just talking for 20 min and not saying anything. Thank you for the information!

[@curtisnstacey]

your very welcome. thats the reason i made this video, i was searching myself. i figured, hell, i'll do my best and post one up, hope it helps someone. thanks for stopping by and watching brother!! I really appreciate it

[@randyhubschmidt4368]

Nice job. Appreciate the arrow alignment tip - no one else mentions that! Bonus content with the cabin air filter while the glove box is out. Outstanding.

[@curtisnstacey]

thanks randy. I appreciate ya buddy. i really do....

[@5yri5]

Thanks alot. I'm a tech messing with a relatives jeep at home. You're the only one that knows what their talking about. Peace friend.

[@curtisnstacey]

thanks man. i really appreciate that!! thanks for watching also. i try to make things clear

[@morales915lm]

You explain things good and bad at the same time but thanks man👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💯 you’re a real one

[@curtisnstacey]

Guess you gotta take the good with the bad. Sometimes that’s the way the world works. Your very welcome

[@chadkostecka4226]

Great video. Replaced it, tested it, worked great. Wife took it out and now it is clicking and the gear slipped. I think the gear it attaches too is slipping or too loose. Replaced both actuator and the plastic gear in the video. Any thoughts? Appreciate and great video.

[@curtisnstacey]

did you make sure the gear is lined up with the arrow on the actuator? if not the spindle will go to far and break the gear again. or it'll make the gears strip out in the actuator itself

[@chadkostecka4226]

@@curtisnstacey yep. Lined up and worked great. Tested it about 20 times.

[@curtisnstacey]

@@chadkostecka4226 i bet this is your problem. over time the blend door seal wears out with the back and forth and it leaves a sticky residue especially in the summer time when its hot. so when you turn it to 60 deg it'll shut that door all the way and make it stick. so when you turn the temp etc...the sticky door is hard to open back up and it stresses the gears and breaks. here's what to do. fix it again and dont click the temp all the way down. lets say 5 degrees before it maxes out. lowest it can go is 60 so dont take it below 65 in summer. in winter take it less than 5 deg on the high end. i forget how high they go.

[@cdr7478]

Thank you for the arrow alignment mention! Snapped the first one because it wasn’t aligned.

[@curtisnstacey]

no problem at all. i appreciate ya watching. thanks buddy

[@Loud127]

Is there only one door blend actuator, the motorized part that you plug the power into? Like one for driver side and one for passenger side? And same question with the gear part.

[@curtisnstacey]

Yes there are 2 actuators that you plug in. One for each side. When you buy the gear kit it comes with 2 gears. One for each side. The actuators come separate.

[@ferguson8143]

Buy if it's still not changing them you will have to pull heater core and the actual blending doors are inside it

[@TheSheldon19]

Great video very helpful best on KZbin !

[@curtisnstacey]

Thanks so much

[@michaelpost301]

Thanks I appreciate the explanation of it all man for real damn good Intel..

[@curtisnstacey]

your welcome buddy. i appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to watch it.

[@ilgarh8084]

Thanks for sharing video, broke one off just because didn't know the arrow importance

[@curtisnstacey]

No problem at all buddy. I really appreciate ya watching it. Thanks man.

[@chilIychilI]

Had a dodge grand caravan, air worked good enough, heat did not. Got a Durango and I think it's the opposite. Good looking out bro. I'm gonna dig in to it, some time this week. I think the previous owner had it alla ka zammed to work the AC on low and as soon as I fuqed with it.. 😡🥵

[@curtisnstacey]

LOL. you get it figured out yet?

[@dentman3576]

Very much appreciate this video. Quick and informative. Thanks!!

[@curtisnstacey]

yes sir, no problem at all. i appreciate ya stopping by and checking it out

[@douglasd2393]

You are a hero! Thank you for the video!

[@curtisnstacey]

yes sir, you are very welcome and thanks for stopping by

[@JUSTFORYOKORGYAMAHA]

its working whit 2013 crew?

[@curtisnstacey]

I’m honestly not sure. They may be the exact same then again maybe not. Sorry I don’t have the answer for this one.

[@jaywattley335]

Do you recommend Disconnecting the battery?

[@curtisnstacey]

i did not disconnect the battery for this repair. im honestly not sure if your suppose to or not. i did not though.

[@ferguson8143]

I have never done that procedure but for your safety they will always tell you to disconnect battery before working on your vehicle

[@doughboyeric1484]

This would be different for a charger? My passenger side is stuck on heat and driver side is fine

[@curtisnstacey]

I’m not really sure on the charger.

[@ferguson8143]

Same basic working parts just Pt in different locations

[@krayzie7022]

Does this cause the vents to close inside? I have a problem on a 14 Durango citadel where after driving it for about 15 minutes the air in the vents slowly start clogging and eventually don't blow any air out. It happens with heat and cold. I've been to the dealer about 4 times and they can't seem to figure out what the problem is. And help would be appreciated thanks.

[@curtisnstacey]

When this part breaks you’ll have symptoms of the air not changing from hot to cold. Also it’ll make your blower turn off and on intermittently.

[@ferguson8143]

Sounds like the cabin filter needs changed

[@jalvarez7585]

If both actuators are bad, do I need to replace both at the same time or can I replace on then later on the other?

[@curtisnstacey]

you can replace just one side and thats the only side that'll work properly. when the passenger side went out it was making the blower fan turn off and on off and on all the time in my situation. but if your blower is still blowing just fine and its just that you cant change the temp setting then yes just replacing one will fix that side and your good to go until you fix the other side

[@jalvarez7585]

@@curtisnstacey I replaced one side but the air is not cooling. Its cooler than before But not cold. I'll replace the another side soon hopefully that will fix my issue. Thanks for your response .

[@curtisnstacey]

@@jalvarez7585 assuming that your a/c level is fine. be very sure that you have the gears on the actuator and the gears on the blend door to mesh in the middle when they are at rest. if not then it'll never get all the way cold and then in the winter when you go to adjust the heat all the way it will be very likely that the gear will break because it'll be forcing the gear due to it being a tooth or two off.

[@mikecarrillo3311]

I got a 2013 .the top rear vents blow cold!and the front turns on and off

[@curtisnstacey]

yes then your gears are probably broke as well. there's a gear in the rear for the rear blower as well. yours is probably broke there also. mine is blowing cold in the back as we speak. i just havent gotten around to fixing it yet.

[@mikecarrillo3311]

Thanks

[@mikemueller9891]

I love you man thank you

[@curtisnstacey]

your very welcome Mike. and thanks for stopping by brother. I appreciate ya

[@1998vol]

Mine doin that but it cut on and off but when it works it does change from hot to cold not sure what’s wrong with it

[@1998vol]

Back climate works perfect

[@skeeter1516]

I did the same thing .... lined everything up and goes thru a check.... then overturns and the shaft to the actuator pops off from overturning.

[@curtisnstacey]

are you putting the factory gear back on or the aftermarket one?

[@skeeter1516]

I exchanged to a factory..... works now. The after market must of had a inner gear issue

[@curtisnstacey]

@@skeeter1516 ok I gotcha

[@Blueboy1970]

@@curtisnstacey I have a 2014 Durango limited and my ac stop blowing completely…is this the same problem?

[@curtisnstacey]

@@Blueboy1970 if the blower has stopped completely pull the plug from the blower and turn the ac on and put a multimeter on the plug and see if you got power going to the blower fan. grab you a cheap multimeter from harbor freight if you can. they are like 5 or 6 bucks i think.

[@kaim1810]

No mater what I do I can’t seem to get the gear to line up on the passenger side. I’m just to the point of taking it to get fixed.

[@curtisnstacey]

Take a white marker of some sort and mark 2 gear teeth on one and one tooth on the other and mesh them together.

[@kaim1810]

@@curtisnstacey thanks so much. Literally after I sent the comment I got it to work. My air still cuts on and off for the first few minutes after starting the vehicle’s. I’m about to do the driver’s side now. Once I disconnect the battery and reconnect could it fix the ac coming on and off the first few minutes of starting the Durango?

[@curtisnstacey]

@@kaim1810 I doubt disconnecting the battery will change it. However, if the drivers side is also bad it can make the motor turn off and on as well. Fix the drivers side and it’ll probably correct itself after that.

[@2wheelTyler]

Only issue with this video is there's no reason to why that gear broke.. that gear breaks because the blend door has some foam glued on the edge to help seal it to full hot or full cold.. but that glue starts to melt with high heat and eventually holds that door closed.. that gear can't overcome that glue and therefore breaks.. took me replacing these 3 times to notice it gets stuck.

[@curtisnstacey]

So once you figured that out what did you do about the glue that was making it break?

[@2wheelTyler]

@@curtisnstacey I initially put a small screw into the spot of the gear that touches the stop point of the actuator that keeps it from turning more in the heat direction.. but that confuses the actuator and it tries to force it.. so now Im going to just take it all apart and try to get to the doors and remove the glue. For now I just don't blast high heat I keep it around 75 any hotter and the actuator wrenches down on the door and that's when the glue sticks.

[@curtisnstacey]

@@2wheelTyler for a minute I thought you had the solution since you said there was an issue with my video which I haven’t actually found an issue with it yet nor has anyone that has watched or commented.

[@2wheelTyler]

@@curtisnstacey half of fixing something that is broken is figuring out why it broke. If you haven't had an issue with it after switching it out then good for you. But that gear breaks for a reason and what I've found from my own experience and what I've heard from others is that it the door gets jammed. Swapping the gear only buys you time till it breaks again.

[@curtisnstacey]

@@2wheelTyler I know exactly why it broke and I explain how they break in the other video which I done the other side on. And my opinion on what to do was do not move the thermostat all the way hot and all the way cold so it won’t stick. The job actually fixing it versus fixing the gear are light years apart. You got to take down the whole dash. Not fun. And affording that fix is not for everyone. Make a detailed video yourself and I’ll come watch and critique. No prob at all

[@jamesendsley2611]

My never turns on and off it just doesn't go to heat stays on air conditioning

[@curtisnstacey]

probably the same part is needed. your air isnt blending. your gear is more than likely broken like in this video

[@jamesendsley2611]

@@curtisnstacey no it was a it look like he's your real thing is that what white plastic black thing it doesn't go to the tank like you think that goes to the intake manifold it's like the EGR valve for that engine

[@curtisnstacey]

@@jamesendsley2611 what in the world are you talking about? egr? what does a egr have to do the the a/c blowing on or off?