I never really comment on video's but this one is good,not to long and dude is very plain and easy to understand,great job
@HelpingHandAutoRepair5 жыл бұрын
Leigh Davis Thanks! I’m glad you shared that! That is exactly what I’m aiming for. Too many videos are not straight to the point. I don’t like wasting time lol.
@peterroy6801 Жыл бұрын
I used to just take the glove box out. At beginning of Summer, and again at beginning of Winter. And stuff a wedge of folded up photocopy paper. To wedge the actuator in the cold position, or alternatively in the heat position. Depending on the season. Simple, takes about 15 minutes. And avoids all of this drama.
@MountainParameters11 ай бұрын
I did that at the beginning of the summer and it worked fine. However, now the actuator seems to be seized and I cannot move the white arms, so looks like this will not work for everyone.
@gfinklea4 жыл бұрын
Job is done. Thanks for your video. My car is a 1998 so their are some differences but very minor. I slotted the bolt holes for the air bag cover and ran the nuts down as far as I could so I could slide the studs back onto the bracket. I then tightened the nuts. I will glue it down at a later time. I want to make sure it is going to stay working for a while. I am a happy camper.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done!
@1046095 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this video. I followed your advice and now the heat works. Please keep uploading videos of the ML class W163. Thanks
@HelpingHandAutoRepair5 жыл бұрын
Kilvet Thanks for that! Cheers.
@cyronader5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!. Airbag part is a pain in the ass. I used a rubber hammer to get the airbag more flush with the dash and used a strip of velcro to hold it down. looks good.
@gobb4o5 жыл бұрын
Perfect video! Straight to the point! Great job!
@HelpingHandAutoRepair5 жыл бұрын
gobb4o thanks! Glad you found it helpful.
@alexalexandrakis82053 жыл бұрын
This is one of theist video I have seen, good presentation, thank you.
@careystewart1648 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video. I need to do that repair on my 2000 ML with 185,000 km or 114,885 miles.
@elmono39393 жыл бұрын
Well explained ! Working on it tomorrow. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us !
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
No problem
@Leo707803 ай бұрын
The w163 ml is my favourite Mercedes model 🇦🇺 🦘
@hayamicin4 жыл бұрын
Could you please share a flap actuator part number?
@vicsogreen4 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy, made my day a whole lot easier
@dtn92015 жыл бұрын
I've been putting this off for a year or so. Really didn't want to rip apart the dash, but was going to when the weather got a bit warmer. So glad I came across this video! Very good instructions and simple. Do you think one could just put velcro around the whole air bag dash cover instead of having to bolt the back and velcro just the front? When testing out the motor before; It seemed to move whenever the dial would be set cold or hot, no clicking. Maybe another problem? Maybe the flaps? I left it on ac but needed heat this past winter. Always blew cold. Thanks again for the wonderful video!
@HelpingHandAutoRepair5 жыл бұрын
Derrick Niide This actuator I am replacing here controls air temperature. So it will control cold or hot air. Even if it doesn’t click the gears could be stripped which would give you no audible clicking. I don’t see why you couldn’t use Velcro around the airbag flap. Good luck.
@cooper83184 жыл бұрын
DONT use velcro around the whole airbag cover! If it ever blows that cover could kill someone! Its BOLTED on back for that very reason. Velcro toward the seat is fine, velcro by windshield is BAD!
@robfowler44992 күн бұрын
Great video. For a right hand drive W163 would the flap actuator be in the same position? There one would need to be working behind the fascia dials. Thanks again for a great video.
@kevinbowers39175 жыл бұрын
Great video. The lower 'stays' attached to the airbag cover are available, I believe, but must drill and rivet if I remember correctly, then snap cover in place, ed.
@jorgeluisparra81635 жыл бұрын
The best video on this subject. Years ago I tried to remove the air bag but couldn't get the right rear bolt off. Didn't know how to pull the lower portion of the dash off to get to that bolt so I gave up. However, I will get back to that task since you clearly showed us how to loosen that part. Thanks for your easy instructions.
@fabianoliver39395 жыл бұрын
very good video, make me understand, maybe, why a ML that i saw yesterday has had a glued airback cober, with wite siliconw! thanks, and keep shooting
@kirillalder29614 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid, thanks. Need to do this soon on my 2000 ML320 as my air is stuck on cold and we have winter. I removed glove box and seen that there is no movement on blend door motor. One weird thing I noticed while playing with dials is that when I activate recirculated air, the flap on the ventilation enclosure is opening up and when I disable it it closes. Is this normal? Should not it be another way around?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
Kirill Alder It should be flipping up towards the windshield area when activating recirculation.
@aklilutesfamariam94142 жыл бұрын
Good job thank you
@seshachary5580 Жыл бұрын
very educative. Thank you regards
@claylynn63914 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing a very good on this video and I appreciate very much what you did.
@norcomsac57664 жыл бұрын
I don't have the key, it's lost. I can't open the door or start the car. If I make the door key, with that same key can I start the car if I already have the transponder programmed? Will we have to add a few more slots to the door key to start the car ?. Thank you.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
If you have a key made AND programmed, it will open the doors and start the car.
@gfinklea4 жыл бұрын
How do you pull the airbag cover up? Does it take much force to break the 2 clips that hold it down?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
gfinklea Just use a razor blade in between the bottom of the cover and the top of the glove box area. Then the door will lift up easily aside from having to undo the three 10mm nuts on the underside of the cover
@gfinklea4 жыл бұрын
@@HelpingHandAutoRepair Thanks so much. I am going to take on this job as soon as my parts arrive. Very good video.
@luvpoems4u Жыл бұрын
Excellent!!!
@kenpowell8600 Жыл бұрын
How were you sure it wasn’t the switch?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair Жыл бұрын
Switches don’t make a clicking noise like the one shown in the video.
@jessecoleman94753 жыл бұрын
Thankyou there buskis! Got my shit fixed! 🔧🔧🔧
@user-nw5pe4fv8r Жыл бұрын
What is the white plastic part called? It is being held at about 16 minutes into video. It is the part that you remove from the old actuator and put on the new actuator. If anyone can tell me please, that's the part I need to replace.
@bernardnguyen31675 жыл бұрын
Great. Good video, good presentation.
@macedonioreyna15834 жыл бұрын
Mines dosent make that noise but would fixing that make my ac work agian? Bought a new compressor and still no ac got a mercedes benz ml350 2003
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
I assume you had the system recharged after the new compressor was installed?
@ayatesemitchell32243 жыл бұрын
My cla 250 heat isn't working not running hot had a mechanic look at it say its blend door actuator. But I have no ticking noise
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
You would have to inspect the blend door for proper operation while you change the temperature
@ayatesemitchell32243 жыл бұрын
@@HelpingHandAutoRepair how do I inspect it
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
Well the only blend door I can see on your system is behind the glove box. If that is the problem you would need to remove the box and inspect it. I am leaning more towards the heater control valve.
@LOCKBROWN14 жыл бұрын
Very good. Show
@adobejuan21603 жыл бұрын
Good vid thx
@tpdtopcop2010 Жыл бұрын
Quick ? What would problem be if the blower blows out vents and won't blow to floor or window when moving dial?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair Жыл бұрын
Your mode door actuator is bad.
@janisbrants23814 жыл бұрын
Hi great video !s ml 270 2002 very same?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
This I assume is the CDi model? If so then yes this should be the exact same procedure.
@janisbrants23814 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much 👍👍👍
@mikimiki195 Жыл бұрын
Will this issue cause low heat almost no heat? Thanks
@HelpingHandAutoRepair Жыл бұрын
It’s possible if everything else is working.
@brandonw33zfy11842 жыл бұрын
I have a 2002 ML320. Does the blend door going bad also cause air to sometimes come through the vents when the controls aren’t on?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair2 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t. That would be a mode door issue
@aaronbrooks7132 Жыл бұрын
Mines stuck on warm I had changed the whole ac.... it was uneeded to find out this is the problem.. have yet to do the iob..
@justinbrowning20793 жыл бұрын
What are the symptoms that this needs replaced?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
Clicking noise when turning the knob between hot and cold. Or turning the temp knob and you don’t get heat or cold
@juandr2424245 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@EH19042 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Do you have the part number of the blend door actuator that you used? I will be doing the same to my 2000 ML320.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair2 жыл бұрын
I don’t sorry. This was awhile ago. It can be found online or at the parts store.
@norcomsac57664 жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks for the video. In that same ML320, 1998. How can I remove the key drum from the door without having the key because it was lost. Also, you have to add some slots to the door key to start the car, or it is the same key with the same number of slots. Thank you.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry what are you trying to do? Open the door?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair4 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry what are you trying to do? Open the door?
@babydollvee Жыл бұрын
What does it mean if it isn’t making the clicking noise? But it’s still stuck on heat. And i recharged the ac
@HelpingHandAutoRepair Жыл бұрын
It could very well just be completely dead.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair Жыл бұрын
The actuator that is.
@jpmartinez78532 жыл бұрын
What does the blend door actuator do?
@HelpingHandAutoRepair2 жыл бұрын
Controls the temperature of the air from hot to cold
@kenpowell8600 Жыл бұрын
Mine doesn’t click so maybe it’s my switch?
@Seriousdrew3 жыл бұрын
Why is velcro needed
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
If you take this shortcut like I am you need to be able to hold down the airbag cover.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
The proper way to do this repair would be to remove the entire dash. However I don’t want to do that.
@petermac17602 жыл бұрын
Word of advice.Take the top part of the dash off,not that difficult.Went to junkyard and pryed the air bag cover off just to see.You’ll never get it back on right.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair2 жыл бұрын
I specifically stated in the beginning of the video that this way isn’t the correct way.
@Lani-Grace3 жыл бұрын
I have a 2002 ml20 the mechanics telling me that there's some kind of compressor switch or something that needs to be replaced I'm not really sure but all he's trying to charge me $853 for this
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
Not sure what he is talking about. I assume your AC doesn’t work? It could be many things. This video just shows a bad actuator. If your car clicks like shown in the video when switching between cold and hot on the temperature dial, then you have a bad actuator as shown in the video. If your temperature changes without clicking then your actuator is fine.
@slpip43653 жыл бұрын
MB is a piece of junk and trash. My ML and C300 are junks. It carries no resale value.
@HelpingHandAutoRepair3 жыл бұрын
I could have told you that a long time ago. No modern European car will be worth anything.