no air coming from my center console rear vents

2003 FORD EXPLORER

194,000 MILES • 4.0L • V6 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC

RANDON21

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Air does come through the floor foot vents. There is a tapping sound coming from around the timing chain tensioner area it's very annoying. I don't know if it's the tensioner the timing chain or the front cassettes broken because sometimes the noise goes away for a few minutes.

May 14, 2019 at 9:39 PM

STRAILER

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These are two different problems. we will handle the vent issue on this post you can repost. For the vent problem it sounds like the mode actuator is not working which is common. here is a guide to walk you through the steps and diagrams below to show you how on your car:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/replace-blend-door-motor

here are all the actuators so you can see how the system works. Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

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