By leaving a couple of the lower dash panels off I can actually adjust mine by hand on the road. I just haven’t gotten around to pulling the box out.
What do you mean 15 minutes twice a year to change it over? This is another thing that has not worked since I got the truck…..they just kept telling me I didn’t know how to work the heating and air. I could never get the air (hot or cold) to come out the vents i wanted it out of.
Dee, sorry you are having these issues. Ford should step up. A few heater problems on here got some help with the cost after going through Ford Customer Service.
When the actuator breaks that's what controls the heat to cool arm or whatever it's called. So now you have to manually do it yourself by rotating the arm. Up is for cool and down is for heat. Even with the extended warranty I'm not letting the dealer rip apart my dash and take the chance of having rattles afterwards. If you watch the video in the link he shows you how to do this. It's really easy and yes you (actually we) shouldn't have to do this but it's an easy fix.
Tightened Fed emissions standards forced makers to rely on EGR systems on many engines, I think it was around the time the standards were tightened that the Feds allowed only a few major components to have 8yr/80k coverage - and we foot the bill for all the other stuff after 2yr/24k miles. I'm not holding my breath for an EGR valve recall - most people will be over the 2/24 period when the thing fails.
Sounds like Ford needs to go old school.
That would be a nice fix. I wish it wasn't such a tight area or I'd try rigging something up with that.
Seems to me the egr valve sits in a fairly accessible area of the engine but not sure where one would attach that cable and it would require constant adjustment to ensure emissions don't exceed mandated levels. But necessity is the mother of invention.
I just found a video on you tube that talks about my problem. Yes, the actuators may need changing, but it is a big box under the dash that needs replaced…..and that is why the direction of vents will not change. I have brought this up at least twice with dealers and they just came out and showed me how to work it…for some reason it was not a problem for them
Try running it on full heat for 15 minutes and then see if they can work it. The heat is what warps the box. I'm sure it works fine for them when it's all cooled off.
EGR is "Exhaust Gas Recirculation" It is a Primary emissions device designed to lower combustion chamber temperature and reduce NO2 emissions.
Make sure you get more than one quote, there is a huge markup on extended warranties by dealers. I saved $1500 over the Dealer by going with Zeigler Ford online. Same Ford ESP but much cheaper without the dealer markup.
Thanks for the heads up. Do you recommend just calling/emailing a few different Ford Dealers in the area?
You need to go to another dealer, he saw you coming. My wife had the same issue with her car, she took it in for service and was told her brakes were shot and needed to be replaced. She called me and I called the service writer to put it up on the rack and I would be right down. Guess what, brakes were fine, and I chewed out the service writer for trying to scam a lady, happens all of the time.
