Chrysler Pacifica Recirculation Door Actuator Replacement, Part 2

Chrysler Pacifica Recirculation Door Actuator Replacement, Part 2
HVAC recirc door

[@micahtawney1]

Thank you for this guide, you were extremely helpful. It's incredibly frustrating and it helps to have a pair of small hands nearby for turning the blade to fit the new actuator in. I did lose a 5.5mm socket and a small extension into the abyss so hopefully those won't rattle

[@isaacrepairseverything]

Glad it helped!

[@elbeefolargo]

So you had to move the flap to get the new blend door actuator on? Having a hard time getting the new one to slot in. EDIT: So I got it in. Ended up starting both screws and then wiggling the flap to get it seated correctly. Laying on your back looking up from under the dash was much easier than going in from the side.

[@mr.henderson3395]

Damn good video worked for me. I do have a question tho... I bought a new actuator and hooked it up to the wiring harness only but did not put it in the gear slot with the door down. I am trying to figure what actually is at fault the acutator or the door/gate. What position must it be in to allow to the AC to work?

[@isaacrepairseverything]

@@mr.henderson3395 the recirculation door doesn't impact AC operation. This allows the HVAC blower to either draw air from the cowl/outside the car or from inside the car/recirculation. If you changed a blend air door actuator (hot/cold), I don't remember off hand for Pacifica, but whenever I do those I set to the most extreme hot or cold and go from there. The Pacifica actuator there uses a slot-follower and you do have to align that correctly before tightening it or you will not have hot or cold air when you request it.

[@mr.henderson3395]

@@isaacrepairseverything so what is the purpose of the door being fully in the down positon or in the fully up position?

[@isaacrepairseverything]

@@mr.henderson3395 I do that so I know I will only have hot or cold air immediately when I put it back together and so I know that the position when assembling it is at one extreme position. I've just found it easier to do this way, but it isn't required.

[@jawne7305]

A lot of videos on the passenger side actuator. But there is also a second actuator on the driver's side that can go bad. Wondering where there are videos on how to replace the driver's side actuator is.

[@isaacrepairseverything]

This isn't the passenger or driver blend air door actuator. The passenger one is on the left side of the passenger footwell area and I assume the driver one is opposite. This is the recirculation door actuator, which happens to be on the passenger side. If you need to change the passenger blend air door actuator, it is a different part number and it has a finger that rides a slot on an arm attached to the actuator. The process is the same except you need to make sure you align the slot and the finger. I haven't looked for videos on that though. I assume the driver side is the same.

[@jawne7305]

@@isaacrepairseverything The driver's side is not the same unfortunately. I tried to remove it but there are like two levers being held together by the actuator. The actuator looks the same but if you try to pull it out, you have to also pull these levers that are being held down by it and I wasn't about to go down that rabbit hole from them possibly falling out and I not know how to put them by in. The one on the passenger side seems simple as it is not holding down other pieces that may fall out.

[@isaacrepairseverything]

@@jawne7305 Ah, I haven't had to work through that yet so I can't advise at this time.

[@charleshom3133]

@@jawne7305 Were you able to resolve it or did you end up taking it in? I believe I have the same issue. I wasn't able to locate the driver side.