You can find the materials I used linked in the video description! You can also use discount code " 3YD6BKEA " for 5% off a TOPDON scanner. Don't forget to check the box on the Amazon product page to save an additional $25.00 off as well.
Matt it's those little fixes that make all the difference in the world. And a truck with that many miles is going to have a lot of little fixes to do. And i love how you showed how you diagnosed the problems, that is usually the hardest part of any job. The fix is easy part. Keep up the great videos.
From my experience with my 2002 Yukon all the foam has deteriorated to the point it becomes dust my guess is that weatherstripping was made out of a type of foam and it turned into dust and just blew out the vents
I just bought a 2000 Chevy Tahoe and I am learning a lot about it through your videos. I am not a mechanic so I can’t do the in-depth things that you were doing but I can fix a few things after watching your videos. Great job and I look forward to seeing more.
Unbolt the whole dash and unbolt the entire hvac box from the firewall (inside and under hood). You’ll have to evacuate the freon from the a/c system though and drain a little coolant. That way you can see everything very easily, do this mod if need be or all hvac motors, pop open the plastic rivets and even replace the heater core and a/c evaporator.
Well Matt from seeing your frustration on taking out the dash and putting back in, I will just leave mine the way it is with out the actuator door not working,temperature gauge being wonking, power seat issues on the passenger side etc.. My 04 Tahoe now has 208 thousand kilometres on the odometer now.
I so feel your pain on the dash pad. I've got an 02 Yukon with same issue. You definitely have more patience than I ever have had. Good luck with Tahiti, mine just crossed the 450 k mark.
You got me motivated to repair my dash and add that molded cover you talked about on my 02 Tahoe. Pulled my dash to replace the ambient sensor and ended up cracking it on the drivers side. Figured I’d fix the crack, add that foam and install a molded dash pad over it. Might wait to see how you do it first lol. Great vid!
Matt, go back to one of the previous videos. I recommended a scanner to you that I picked up and it scans every module in the truck. It scanned tons in my suburban including the front and rear HVAC and radio and all that. With discounts I got it for 187 at advance. WELL worth it. Also, do you have the stock radio from your truck still by chance?
if you need the stock radio, you should call Model Electronics in Ramsey NJ, you can get a refurb unit for a decent price. they have the contract with Delphi to refurb these gauge clusters and radios, their facility is pretty crazy
For a vehicle that old when it came back only 4 code. That you already knew. That was a flex. I have a 05 Sierra 4wd 5.3lm7 that I KNOW has like 11 codes lol
Matt, you did have access to modules in that unit. I saw it just before you selected the real time data... Also, you can use baking soda to instantly cure CA and it will make the bond stronger. Just sprinkle some dry baking soda on the wet CA.
I have a 2000 Tahoe with 85000 ordinal millage on it and live in NY state too. Your videos are great as it has helped me with mine whit some of the same problems. I have to do my strong arms also. I try to replace all my parts OEM. Truck runs great and no major problems with it yet. Thanks for your videos.
Recirc is always the actuator. There's a few of them on these rigs with the auto digi hvac. Literally don't have to take much of anything apart, all accessible via under the dash. I fix them on every truck I get, last tahoe, burb before that, lade... current Escalade EXT needs a recirc actuator will be doing it soon... Takes like 5 min.
These modules are only about $20 on Amazon. I would just order a new one. My old one had damage on the circuitboard when I took it apart. Thanks for the videos!
There was a module selection in your scanner. I bet if you clicked it you would have found bcm srs tpms Oem enhanced. But I will say my scanner with those options has never detected much for the hvac. Tahoe hvac is always almost either a hvac fuse pull procedure OR the plastic gear inside the blen door is cracked and jump off track. Open the blen door up and look inside it
There is a procedure, to “calibrate” the actuators. I have done it on an 02 and it worked. What it does, is it cycles the actuators to their full range and it records that position as start/stop to account for new actuator or wear on the door seals.
Don’t know if it’s different on my 2004 Yukon xl. But it was my blend door actuator. Which was located under the passenger dash to your left right between the bash and the center hump.
Ok Matt. If it ends up being the recirc door is moving too far for its pre determine program there is a updat from gm to recalibrate the control head to allow for the ware in the foam. I have a 2005 suburban that was dooing exactly the same thing. I did some research and found a tsb for the problem and did an update via gm tds at work and the problem all fixed. Wife is extatic now. If you do buy a brand new control head it will most likely fix the issue. The new control head should have the updated programing already in it.
I have a 2000 Silverado Z71. Recently when I turn it off, take the key out, open and shut the door. After the interior lights go off, the bright light indicator and the cruise indicator on the cluster come on and stay on. They stay on until you open the door. If you shut it again, same thing will happen. Nothing is malfunctioning at all otherwise. Idk. 🤷
So Matt question, you couldn’t just replace the door actuator? I got lost in what you were actually doing? Did you reset the motor or is the door moving too much? And thank for the video, my Tahoe is definitely showing its age as well…
that dash cover is always a pain in the balls, when my friend and i installed the factory nav radio, we had to pull the dash for the antenna, getting it in is 100% a two person job, one asshole stands outside and makes sure it lines up and the other shoves it
@@jewllake if you're using the factory antenna, the one with the board on the metal bracket, you're supposed to ground it to the dash frame above the radio right underneath the dash cover. bolts right in with one of those 7mm. sounds like you might not have a factory antenna
@@andrewmattera6205 it's the factory one with the bracket and it has the contours to bolt to the metal angle tin brace up by the windshield. I just stuck it to the duct and I has always worked great for me. I bought it straight from the gm dealer.
So how can I get my door to go to recirculation with out taking my dash apart and getting to the actuator? Assuming it's good. All I need is to get my door to go to recirculation and from their I can figure out how to stop it from over traveling.
I figured it out! Key to run control head removed on the blue plug and the yellow low reference wire AKA ground. Apply ground to that wire and the door will swing to recirculation to allow you to add more weather stripping.
Matt. On my 05. I put a brand new module and resistor. Having issue where blower motor just turns off or lowest setting randomly new blower motor same thing. Could it be a bad resistor out of box?
2002 tahoe has been the best and worst vehicle I've ever owned. Only the cost to replace it with a large, comfortable, and comfortable 4x4 keeps me pouring more money into it than it's worth. I've yet to fix the blend door issue which sends all the heat thru the defroster vents which I suspect cracked my cold windshield.
Any insulation or weather stripping could potentially be removed by mice for their nests. That could be why you see no evidence of degradation... maybe???
Hangin in there buddy. Me too. Im convinced that my 05' Yukon i paid for last February was destined to be mine. Im sure thankful for all the compliments i get on a weekly basis. Original price i paid was $4400.00 usd. Without fuel costs im somewhere around 5-6k into her . 1 month of ownership was 2 k tranny rebuild. Im thankfull to GOD 1ST! and 2nd for the TRUMP administration that started that process for me. The Biden admin. will try to steal that credit at some point im sure of it.
Matt I have an 02 Suburban and I noticed your brake fluid reservoir appears to be bigger or an updated version of sorts. Did you previously install a different master cylinder? I just did an 07 upgrade with calipers, rotors and pads only to be let down with the marginal increase in braking power. I’ve been searching to see if changing the MC would grab any gains
You can find the materials I used linked in the video description! You can also use discount code " 3YD6BKEA " for 5% off a TOPDON scanner. Don't forget to check the box on the Amazon product page to save an additional $25.00 off as well.
Matt it's those little fixes that make all the difference in the world. And a truck with that many miles is going to have a lot of little fixes to do. And i love how you showed how you diagnosed the problems, that is usually the hardest part of any job. The fix is easy part. Keep up the great videos.
29:26 it's nice to see Matt experiences the same level of frustration as the rest of us do.
From my experience with my 2002 Yukon all the foam has deteriorated to the point it becomes dust my guess is that weatherstripping was made out of a type of foam and it turned into dust and just blew out the vents
I just bought a 2000 Chevy Tahoe and I am learning a lot about it through your videos. I am not a mechanic so I can’t do the in-depth things that you were doing but I can fix a few things after watching your videos. Great job and I look forward to seeing more.
Unbolt the whole dash and unbolt the entire hvac box from the firewall (inside and under hood). You’ll have to evacuate the freon from the a/c system though and drain a little coolant. That way you can see everything very easily, do this mod if need be or all hvac motors, pop open the plastic rivets and even replace the heater core and a/c evaporator.
Well Matt from seeing your frustration on taking out the dash and putting back in, I will just leave mine the way it is with out the actuator door not working,temperature gauge being wonking, power seat issues on the passenger side etc.. My 04 Tahoe now has 208 thousand kilometres on the odometer now.
I so feel your pain on the dash pad. I've got an 02 Yukon with same issue. You definitely have more patience than I ever have had. Good luck with Tahiti, mine just crossed the 450 k mark.
450k miles? 😮
Yep. Getting ready to turn 451
You got me motivated to repair my dash and add that molded cover you talked about on my 02 Tahoe. Pulled my dash to replace the ambient sensor and ended up cracking it on the drivers side. Figured I’d fix the crack, add that foam and install a molded dash pad over it. Might wait to see how you do it first lol. Great vid!
Matt, go back to one of the previous videos. I recommended a scanner to you that I picked up and it scans every module in the truck. It scanned tons in my suburban including the front and rear HVAC and radio and all that. With discounts I got it for 187 at advance. WELL worth it. Also, do you have the stock radio from your truck still by chance?
You got a link?
@@InfinityS117 go back to the previous video I posted a link to it before under my comment on that video.
Which video?
if you need the stock radio, you should call Model Electronics in Ramsey NJ, you can get a refurb unit for a decent price. they have the contract with Delphi to refurb these gauge clusters and radios, their facility is pretty crazy
For a vehicle that old when it came back only 4 code. That you already knew. That was a flex. I have a 05 Sierra 4wd 5.3lm7 that I KNOW has like 11 codes lol
Matt, you did have access to modules in that unit. I saw it just before you selected the real time data... Also, you can use baking soda to instantly cure CA and it will make the bond stronger. Just sprinkle some dry baking soda on the wet CA.
Good to know with the baking soda thanks. I’ll have to take another look at the scanner, thats awesome if it can pull bcm codes too.
I have a 2000 Tahoe with 85000 ordinal millage on it and live in NY state too. Your videos are great as it has helped me with mine whit some of the same problems. I have to do my strong arms also. I try to replace all my parts OEM. Truck runs great and no major problems with it yet. Thanks for your videos.
I want to buy an older GMC STL Crew Cab and now, after watching your videos, I got an idea what to watch for and expect.....EVERYTHING!
Plastic weld or plastic bond from jb weld, for the dash pad tabs, Works great!
Recirc is always the actuator. There's a few of them on these rigs with the auto digi hvac. Literally don't have to take much of anything apart, all accessible via under the dash. I fix them on every truck I get, last tahoe, burb before that, lade... current Escalade EXT needs a recirc actuator will be doing it soon... Takes like 5 min.
Sometimes it's the little victories which are the sweetest. Nice fix Kemosabe.
These modules are only about $20 on Amazon. I would just order a new one. My old one had damage on the circuitboard when I took it apart. Thanks for the videos!
There was a module selection in your scanner. I bet if you clicked it you would have found bcm srs tpms Oem enhanced. But I will say my scanner with those options has never detected much for the hvac.
Tahoe hvac is always almost either a hvac fuse pull procedure OR the plastic gear inside the blen door is cracked and jump off track. Open the blen door up and look inside it
Add baking soda to your ca glue it acts as an accelerant and reinforces the joint
There is a procedure, to “calibrate” the actuators. I have done it on an 02 and it worked. What it does, is it cycles the actuators to their full range and it records that position as start/stop to account for new actuator or wear on the door seals.
Check out the video before this, I tried it before changing the actuator. Unfortunately it didn’t fix the problem.
love your tahoe videos I have watched all of them brother,you have helped me with my tahoe woooo hooo
My power steering pump is going out in my 04 Silverado. I just deal with not having power steering at low speeds.
Nice! Looks like a lot of fun times! Haha 😂
Try 90s Honda plastic. Took the gauge clusters off my 93 prelude and some of the plastic and tabs would break right off just by touching it.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that calls the grab handle the oh shit handle
I have 2002 Z71 300,500 I am experiencing a lot of the same issues with the hvac system
I’ve got a 2001 Yukon with 340k miles - original power steering pump and original fluid. That OE pump will probably last you a while longer haha.
Don’t know if it’s different on my 2004 Yukon xl. But it was my blend door actuator. Which was located under the passenger dash to your left right between the bash and the center hump.
The blend door would be for the temperature. Mine was for the recirculation door.
@@lsxmatt ok got it
Ok Matt. If it ends up being the recirc door is moving too far for its pre determine program there is a updat from gm to recalibrate the control head to allow for the ware in the foam. I have a 2005 suburban that was dooing exactly the same thing. I did some research and found a tsb for the problem and did an update via gm tds at work and the problem all fixed. Wife is extatic now. If you do buy a brand new control head it will most likely fix the issue. The new control head should have the updated programing already in it.
link for TSB?
@EricSanders how did you do the update and where did you go to find the tsb update?
I just realized I sound exactly like you putting shit together. Except I'm talking to myself. Lol.
Freaking awsome fix! I appreciate your time spent getting down to the problem 🤘
I felt your pain trying to put the dash back in, Matt. These really are a pain to get back in right.
Push button is automatic transfer case. If you’re not shifting it manually with a lever, it’s an automatic transfer case
Fiberglass reinforcement on your dashboard should work to make it stronger and last a lot longer
I have a 2000 Silverado Z71.
Recently when I turn it off, take the key out, open and shut the door. After the interior lights go off, the bright light indicator and the cruise indicator on the cluster come on and stay on. They stay on until you open the door. If you shut it again, same thing will happen. Nothing is malfunctioning at all otherwise. Idk. 🤷
Huh that is weird.
Sounds more like a actuator
How is that coil spring conversion? Is it worth the money. Thanks for the vids love the channel.
@LsxMatt where did you get these wire diagrams, you said google, but can you post the link? Thanks
Shoot me an email and I’ll send them to you. Lsxmatt91@gmail.com
Where’s the 3rd GEN content. I own two 3rd GEN Camaro’s. That’s why I subscribed. I want to see the Firebird.
Havent had time. Just got dumped on with snow and I need this thing to drive.
Good video Matt
So Matt question, you couldn’t just replace the door actuator? I got lost in what you were actually doing? Did you reset the motor or is the door moving too much? And thank for the video, my Tahoe is definitely showing its age as well…
The motor is moving to far and causing a fault shutting down the dash button.
@@lsxmatt Got it, thank you for the response.
Mix s little baking soda with crazy glue and you'll have the strongest bond ever
that dash cover is always a pain in the balls, when my friend and i installed the factory nav radio, we had to pull the dash for the antenna, getting it in is 100% a two person job, one asshole stands outside and makes sure it lines up and the other shoves it
I just 3m double sided taped my factory GM Nav antenna to one of the ducts behind the radio - has been working well for the last 10 years.
@@jewllake if you're using the factory antenna, the one with the board on the metal bracket, you're supposed to ground it to the dash frame above the radio right underneath the dash cover. bolts right in with one of those 7mm. sounds like you might not have a factory antenna
@@andrewmattera6205 it's the factory one with the bracket and it has the contours to bolt to the metal angle tin brace up by the windshield. I just stuck it to the duct and I has always worked great for me. I bought it straight from the gm dealer.
@@jewllake interesting, i'm not doubting it, but i've always been told to ground them to prevent interference with other devices
So how can I get my door to go to recirculation with out taking my dash apart and getting to the actuator? Assuming it's good. All I need is to get my door to go to recirculation and from their I can figure out how to stop it from over traveling.
I figured it out! Key to run control head removed on the blue plug and the yellow low reference wire AKA ground. Apply ground to that wire and the door will swing to recirculation to allow you to add more weather stripping.
Matt. On my 05. I put a brand new module and resistor. Having issue where blower motor just turns off or lowest setting randomly new blower motor same thing. Could it be a bad resistor out of box?
winner!
You're the best
I would leather wrap the dash
спасибо за видео братан.
Hey Matt do you still have your old wheels and tires you took off the size 18 and if so how much are you willing to sell then for
Sorry sold them a while ago
Ok man thanks
2002 tahoe has been the best and worst vehicle I've ever owned. Only the cost to replace it with a large, comfortable, and comfortable 4x4 keeps me pouring more money into it than it's worth. I've yet to fix the blend door issue which sends all the heat thru the defroster vents which I suspect cracked my cold windshield.
Any insulation or weather stripping could potentially be removed by mice for their nests. That could be why you see no evidence of degradation... maybe???
Our old GM are money pits 😭😭😭😭😭😩💔
Fiberglass the top panel, paint it, and it will last forever.
why dont you just flock the dash
Let’s fcking go!!!
Niicee
message me back when your ready to sell this GEM!
Dude they make Hi-temp epoxy paint. Buuuut not sure it's in the color you need.
Hangin in there buddy. Me too. Im convinced that my 05' Yukon i paid for last February was destined to be mine. Im sure thankful for all the compliments i get on a weekly basis. Original price i paid was $4400.00 usd. Without fuel costs im somewhere around 5-6k into her . 1 month of ownership was 2 k tranny rebuild. Im thankfull to GOD 1ST! and 2nd for the TRUMP administration that started that process for me. The Biden admin. will try to steal that credit at some point im sure of it.
More thirdgen videos!
Make more thirdgen videos
Matt I have an 02 Suburban and I noticed your brake fluid reservoir appears to be bigger or an updated version of sorts. Did you previously install a different master cylinder? I just did an 07 upgrade with calipers, rotors and pads only to be let down with the marginal increase in braking power. I’ve been searching to see if changing the MC would grab any gains