2013-19 Cadillac ATS temperature door blend actuator replacement - PASSENGER side
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- This video is intended for information purposes. If you choose to proceed with the method I demostrarte to execute the repair, I am not to be held accountable.
You will notice that my hands were scraped from the maneuver so use gloves or assume potential risk of some damage to skin.
This video is only intended to help out those who need to save money on this repair or are looking for a solution
Thanks! Just did my dads 2014 passenger blend door (drivers side blowing cold, passenger warm and AC pressures ok). Only 4 hours to complete with your video. Just removed passenger glove box which involves taking off some trim, air bag, controls box and bottom cover then dropping fan motor. Used a 90 degree drill extension to drill one hole right where you stayed and opens it up with a step drill (watch the pipes behind!). Cut top of support bracket with grinder and bent out. Hand up inside fan housing and used a borescope on my iPhone to look into one of honecomb holes, with screwdriver in drilled hole to get back screw out. Borescope probably saved me hours of frustration! Not too bad a job once you contort yourself in passenger footwell and never had to take out console or CUE screen at all.
Hey man that’s so awesome!! I hope it helped! So I left out the other parts of getting to the blower because I wanted to focus on the specific job at hand. I realized that there was an abundance of how to videos for the rest of the stuff, so I didn’t want to make this video too long and wanted to get straight to the point.
This was very helpful. I’m doing the same repair right now.
I found the same issue as you, there does not seem to be any non destructive way to remove the actuator. The GM manual instructs to remove the entire hvac system from the vehicle, which requires venting and recharging the ac.
I did find that the vent pipe running behind the aluminum can be separated on the seam and then collapsed/folded in on itself. I also took the actuator arm off the door. I was able to get the actuator in and out this way. But I ended up accidentally breaking a weld prying against it anyway.
The aluminum structure is for the lower air bag, so if you end up cutting or breaking a weld, I would recommend making proper repairs for safety
Excellent tip on going though the air box “origami” style. That was brilliant.
Thanks so much for the input!
I hope this gets you going! I love these cars, and hardly have any complaints on them! But this is definitely one of those inconveniences.
Nice job it took me maybe half a day after I seen another incomplete video but u manage to get it 😂👍 God job that thing is just in the way 🤦♂️🤭
I jus wanna thank for making this diy video I have an Cadillac ATS 2015 2.0 and is burning 🥵 up 🚙 in the Carolinas ….1 side cold one side hot hot hot
Good job man and at the end u did the main job. I know this needs to open complete interior dash as I did it. There are so many solutions for that and one of them as u did it. If the car is for customer u will be in trouble, but if it is your own car it should be normal. Thank u very much.
Thank you sir!
@@oscar_cooking welcome to u✌🏼
Before you do that, with the system off, try disconnecting the battery for about 10 seconds. My driver's side worked fine but the passenger side did not. Disconnecting and reconnecting the battery solved my problem.
Thank you very much!
Question. What about the rear actuator for the rear seats ? 🤔
Very professional if u ask me, good shjt broo
Thank you man!!
Genius thank you bro
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Great detailed video thank you! subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
Was it making a grinding noise like plastic gears not connecting?
I hear such a grinding sound occasionally and it makes sense since I feel air at the floor when I have the front defrost on but almost no air blowing on the windshield.
Thanks bro you the Best!!!
No problem brotha!! Hope it helped!!
sometimes to get my A/C to blow cold I have to tap the temp control all the way to HI and back to LO. I cannot find any info on this and the dealership no fix so far but they did change out expansion tube / valve and condenser which helped the overall problem of not cooling at all. any ideas....thanks RRW
That sounds like your actuator may be starting to fail. I hope this video helps
What was the part number exactly for it?
I’m having the issue of passenger side not blowing cold. Would the actuator that is hard to get to be the one I need to replace? So we would need to remove the dash no matter what to get to that one?
I recommend taking the car to a shop that has a scan tool that can detect which actuator is failing. I have a scan tool, so that’s why it was easy for me to pinpoint which was bad. If I’m not mistaken, there’s 4 actuators in this car so it’s important you know which one is failing so you don’t do the extra work if it’s not necessary
Yeah we took it to the dealership and they want $2500 to fix it. All they would tell us is that it’s the passengers side and they would have to tear apart the dash to fix it.
@@vickeymoore82 hopefully this video and one on removing dash helps
Doing it right now
Smart man I don’t blame you awsome nobody sees there anyway 😂😂 awsome info thank you
Hope it helps brotha 💪🏾
@@oscar_cooking I didn’t do it yet but that’s a really big help I really appreciate this so much very smart I think we do work same way lol
Are there only 2 blend doors in the 2013 thru 2019 ATS?
2 for temp control
2 for vent control
I have a 14' ATS and it is blowing warm air on the drivers side and cold on the passenger side on the AUTO setting. When I adjust the setting to vent and floor, it blows the hot air to the drivers side floor and sort of cool air from the driver side vents, while the passenger side remains cold. The system was vacuumed and recharged and a scan tool reading is reporting no codes. In your opinion which actuator may need replacing? Thank you for the assistance!
Did you use a scan tool that was able to check for codes in the BCM?
@@oscar_cooking I used a Innova CarScan Pro which should work as a BCM scanner and I am not getting any codes. The dealer reset something and the AC worked as it should for a short period of time. Independent shops checked it out and referred me back over to the dealer. Still don't understand how I would not see any codes if the issue is a blend door actuator or how the dealer could get it magically working for a short period of time if the part was bad.
@@jasoncollins2538 So one simple way to try and pin point which blend door it might be is simply putting both temps down to “Lo” and whichever side feels like you have it set on “Hi” is more than likely the side you want to focus on.
My guess is the dealership tried to recalibrate the actuators, which May have worked temporarily because the potentially defective actuator might work at times
@@oscar_cooking It is the drivers side that feels like it is set to HI, is the actuator you removed in the video the one that controls the drivers side?
@@jasoncollins2538 no. Mine was the passenger side
Thanks for posting! I have a dealer appointment for my '15 tomorrow, but if its not a software issue, I'm not going to give them 10 or 11 hours of labor time to fix my mode function. Mine stopped working after the coolant ran low from the problem upper radiator pressure hose cracked and leaking. Coincidence??? Its also amazing how different the fuse panels are on different years....trying to find the main HVAC module fuse. Grrrrr.
We just got off the phone with Cadillac dealership and they want $3,000 to replace both of the blend doors. The actuator is 137.00 a piece
Holy smokes that’s wild crazy!!!!
A blend door actuator on Rock Auto is $14 to $34.
@@19vinny91 that's where I'll be shopping
The GM service procedure is to remove the entire HVAC system to replace this part.
@@fearcaboose those engineers need fired😁😁😁😁
Are the actuators the same for the vents ?
There are 4 sets of actuators on these models
2 are dedicated for the heater blend doors. The one I replaced on this video was the passenger heater blend door actuator. The other 2 are for the blower vents as in the ones that are in charge of air flowing to defroster, vents or floor. Hope that answered your question
I’m having issues putting the actuator back on
Try using different size phillips
Another thing you can try is grabbing a small piece of ziploc bag and using it to hold your screws in place. The bag is no trunk or spring interfere with the clearance of the actuator on the unit. I hope that makes sense
Do you have the part number for that specific one ?
This is what I found on ebay
22799393 15-74256 Right Heater Blend Door Actuator 13-15 Cadillac ATS 14-15 CTS
www.ebay.com/itm/224890402409?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_b-Yz2zURmm&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=xyagzhdgsbu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
For anyone wondering the right side actuator closer to passenger side is a temperature control door for driver side. Not for defroster, face, or feet.
So the left one on the passenger side is the defroster & the right side one is the temperature ??
The driver temp is on the drivers side, as is the mode control (defrost, feet, face, etc).
The actuator replaced in this video is the passenger temperature. The other actuator in this video, farthest right and towards the door, is for recirculate.
@@jeffz4021 nope.
In the video, the left is for passenger temp. The right is for recirculate.
why next vid ?
Why don't you just pull the HVAC case out? You have the whole dash apart.
One of the benefits that I will give GM and Cadillac is that their dashboard is sectioned off without requiring you to take off the entire HVAC. Taking off the entire HVAC would also mean that I need to remove my coolant lines that feed through the firewall, as well as my refrigerant, which is something I did not wanna do. But if that works for you then go ahead and do that.
OmG, u broke the dash structure SMH....🤑
Fckn up ur Caddy holmez 😢 all u need is the right tool. 😮
Great point: MY Caddy, my decision. 🤷🏽♂️
So much for keeping it short
I hope you realize that this 8:14 video condenses a couple of hours worth of work…….