Driver side blend door actuator replacement

How to change driver side blend door actuator? Passenger side blows hot and during winter and driver cold.

Left side is blowing cold and right is blowing hot.

The car has dual temperature controls and the driver's side blend door is not moving. When you attempt to defrost the windshield the driver's side remains cold while the passenger side blows warm air. I am wondering where the driver's side blend door actuator is located and ease to get to. Thank you

Blend door driver side are both broken. How do I access and replaced the blend doors?

Hello. Thank you in advance for your time. Here is a description of symptoms experienced and steps taken on chronological order.

I took a 15 minute drive with climate control like any other day. Beginning of summer so it's honestly the cold that I needed. It was probably the 30th time using AC within 2 weeks.

On my return trip, my AC was not blowing cold at all. It is blowing outside air into the cabin from all vents. I figured hey, it's time to recharge maybe? Called a friend, said to get AC PRO can from O'Reilly's or AutoZone. Done. I looked up a vid on how yo properly use. The video followed the instructions I had printed on my can. Sweet. Started. Spent half the can and noticed the pressure wasnt changing on my can's meter. I took it to the shop. The recharged and leveled they said. The AC still didnt work.

Next day AC works. I didn't do anything, I shrugged it off as perhaps pipes being frozen and not working, having had time to defrost all is good?

Wrong. Later this day, stopped working again. This time I get UV light and check for leaks, they used UV fluid on last refill couple days ago. No visible leak, no odor, no noises like clicking or hissing in relation to HVAC. Hit the internet for answers.

I read about blend door actuator and how it may be the problem. I ended up finding out I have more than one, and that all may be the issue to some degree after extensive online reading. Nothing specifically for my year/model, so I had to find something more conclusive and kept digging.

Found way test. Disconnect battery on both sides, 10 seconds later reconnect. No change. Wait. 20 seconds later the passenger side started blowing ice cold again, but only front passenger. Driver and rear vents are blowing outside air again.

I am convinced an actuator is not behaving at this point.

I try tricking the system by cycling through many various settings in no particular order. No avail. I read a new way to test is by manually moving the white lever on the passenger side blend door actuator. Video found of someone doing exactly this. Problem is that it seemed to control the passenger side only when I tried. This is the actuator to the left of the glove compartment once you pop it out of place. The passenger side works as designed so when I moved the lever the passenger side went hot. I am convinced this actuator is working as designed.

I look at a diagram from O'Reilly's and here is how many actuators are in the system:

- Left Hand (Driver) Blend Door Actuator
- Defrost/Panel/Floor Airflow Mode Door Actuator
- Right Hand (Passenger) Blend Door Actuator
- Air Inlet Mode Door Actuator

Additionally there are these vital components:

- In-Vehicle Temperature Sensor
- Blower Motor Speed Control

My fan speed blows as designed, defrost seems to switch just fine as well, I can send to floor too. My problem is driver and rear vent temperatures.

I continue to dig online and found a vid where someone said to power on vehicle, power on AC, turn on defrost, hold defrost button + power button for 5 seconds (something happens for him and something happened for me too) and then click auto. It began blowing really cool air from all vents in the vid and for me.

While holding defrost and power defrost had been on and began blowing and sounding as defrost is expected to, but at 5 seconds it does something weird like some cycle of going perhaps off of defrost and back on, not really sure.

My problem is obviously the crazy lack of peace for me within the vehicle, it is Texas and climate control is so important. One shop said my compressor was bad and quoted me 2 grand. I called ford who said they would replace all of the actuators by default and it would cost 1 grand.

I went to O'Reilly's and they priced out each actuator from 40-60 bucks each. No online guides for other vehicles mention calibration. I asked Ford and they were uncertain what needed to be done over the phone but assured me everything necessary would be done to get it working.

I have replaced many components on my own and intend to do the same here with some help, please. I need to know I am on the right track assuming the right hand blend door actuator is bad, no calibration needed, and I would need an accurate diagram for removal of my dash to get to it. The O'Reilly's fellas were very helpful but their printer is horrible and the diagrams they gave me are not showing the dash or how to remove it. Only what is underneath.I will supply image similar to the diagram I already have!

Here is the image:

Air only coming from vents no floor, or defrost. Just need to see in detail where the mode door actuator is located not the blend door. Heating and cooling work fine just can't adjust off vents to defrost or floor.

Where is the blend door actuator on this vehicle?

2014 Ford Edge

Hi. Thanks for your past comments on this topic. I live in the UAE now, so A/C is essential.
3 weeks ago after coming back from a long trip, our vehicle seems like the driver side vents are not fully closing when switching to Max A/C resulting in lukewarm air on driver side. I inspected the LH (driver) blend door actuator function, checked for binding in the actuator arm, and fully removed the actuator to check function independent of the linkage. It seems to be functioning normally, but not closing the heat all the way off internally in the vents, even when I manually actuate the linkage. I've tried the A/C reset as well before and after.

I think it may be one of a few things, but don't know how to go about testing them or which one is most likely:
1. The driver vents may have some obstruction preventing them from closing off the heat fully.
2. The blend door actuator (LH/driver) may not be fully traveling during the switch from HI/LO.

Can you offer a suggestion on how to test #1 or if I should just replace the actuator if it's not completing it's full travel?

Thanks

Hi, again.

I replaced the blend door actuator, but there was no change. I did note that when switching both sides to full heat that the passenger side is always cooler than the driver. This makes me think the blend door is not closing all the way on the passenger when on full heat and not closing all the way on the driver during full cooling.
Could the blend doors be overlapping internally? That's the only thing that I can think of that would cause this issue. I'm not familiar with how this model A/C is configured, so I can't visualize this.
Our next step is to take the car to the dealer and see if they can tell us what's wrong.