Chevy Equinox Blend Door Actuator Replacement (Knocking Noise)

NO HEAT AC AIR CONDITION How to fix a blend door actuator that is banging or knocking making a knocking sound.
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[FixItFrench]

Hope this helps someone out. Something I didn’t point out in the video is that there are 2 actuators in a vehicle. One for the passenger side and the driver side.
This will cause ac and heat problems when not working correctly. In this case the passenger side actuator was at fault. The drivers side is the exact same.

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[zaydoon]

went to the autoshop to fix the heat and their next appointment was a month away. watched this video and fixed it in an hour 😎 hopefully i didn't screw up something else 😂
thanks a lot man. my wife thinks I'm a genius handyman 🤣

[inspiringbuilds]

Thanks, easy repair and will save cost doing it myself. 👍

[UseWhatchaGot]

Its kinda funny... I have a very similar issue in my Honda Civic and 1. I need to fix it myself because it will cost way too much at the dealership, and 2. I thought about making a similar video to this but I have kinda shied away from them because the couple I made did not do well. But this is encouraging. Nice simple video man!

[Alias]

This video was extremely helpful, thank you!

But… just for future consideration, the video sped through a couple parts where I could have used more detail.
The glove box didn’t come out as easy, and that clip position was difficult, going in and out.
Thank you for posting. :)

[I_am_Signal]

This saved us the $400 extra that my father spent getting it replaced when he didn’t have the time to do it himself on his truck.

[bubbaewack]

So I also have the same problem with my Chevy equinox 2011 that makes noise also. In the summer or when it’s warm out, my a/c blows out hot air. When it’s winter out, it blows out cold air. Can all this be fixed if I just change the blend door actuator?

[moonphasetarot]

Awesome video!!! I have the same knocking sound in my equinox but my controls change numbers randomly. Ie. If I turn my air all the way down to 0 it will then say 25. If I turn the knob all the way up, the highest it goes is 10 and then changes from 10 to 8 then 9 all by itself. Is that caused by the blend door actuator also? Or is that a different problem? Would that stop if I changed it and calibrated it?

[nicoleselais]

We had the knocking on 2013 Equinox and It wouldn’t blow warm air, only cold. so we changed out the blend door actuator.

A month ago the heat wouldn’t blow again so I pulled the fuse and it worked again.
Now it’s stopped again and pulling fuse isn’t fixing it.
I’m not sure I put it in correctly …if I should’ve roasted the dial before putting it in? Or if I recalibrated right?

[jeremyfikes]

My 2012 equinox blows hot and AC. The problem is, it only comes out in defrost. How do I tell which ones need to be changed? You can hear it trying to change but it stays on defrost.

[jeremyfikes]

My equinox is only blowing heat or AC in defrost. It won’t swap to vents or floor. What is causing that? Thanks

[dg]

Great video!! I went to attach the actuator and the part the gear on the actuator plugs into fell into the dash! do you have a video on how to tear apart the dash!?😢

[BERRYDENIROTV]

Do they need to make a knocking sound before it goes bad?
I think mine just went out i dont hear the vent opening when going cold to hot

But i noticed when driving it gets cold but when idling gets hot

[limoncelloRubicon]

I’ve seen another video for my 2011 equinox LTZ showing a much harder install from the drivers side. Are there more than one of these actuators? Dualist part #604-185 is what I have. Looks the same. But your video shows install in a different placement and much easier.

[TheJachinbankes]

I have the same issue on a 2016 equinox when selecting the recirculation button, and replaced the same part but no fix. Any suggestions?

[aigle]

Hi, I changed the actuator as you showed cause I had that knuking noise. Now I only get wery hot air. What do you suggest? Thanks

[yashicasmith]

Is there a part number? After having my compressor, condenser, expansion valve, ac pressure sensor and having the system cleaned out when i turn ac on its blowing hot air. When i had it cleaned out it was filled with freon so the last thing i was told to change is the air blend door actuator, so I wanted to know if there's a part number. So i can purchase the correct one. I'm told it's on the passenger side

[theathenakeene]

Our mechanic says this blend door is broken and cannot be fixed without removing the dash. Would this work if the blend door has broken, or does this only work when it's stuck/faulty?

[LarryMoritz-di]

2013 GMC terrain blend door won't switch from dash air flow to floor air flow or it will will go to defrost what is the problem

[keonsteen]

What kind of screw driver did you use?