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09-03-2012, 12:05 AM
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On the way home, air stopped blowing through center vents?
I had previously rigged open the center vents to empower the A/c to be more effective. While driving home tonight from Foxwoods, I switched the vents to the window defrost and footwell position as the a/c was too cold. When i switched back to the center vents, the a/c wasn't blowing through. The blower was still blowing but no air was coming through the center vents. Do the vent actuators go out this suddenly? What else could it be?
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09-03-2012, 01:13 AM
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Depends on how you rigged it open. It may have returned to closed position and you'll have to re-rig it again.
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09-03-2012, 06:29 PM
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09-03-2012, 08:08 PM
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Heat flows through the center vents in that car?
Hmm
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09-03-2012, 09:10 PM
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Funny you should mention it, just last weekend, mine seemed to close too after multiple years of being lightly rigged open (explained below).
To fix, it was just a matter of popping the glove compartment out after removing the two piece fasteners and carefully letting the glovebox light through in order to gain access. I used my right hand reaching through to carefully remove the right half of the rubber vent tube to be able to reach in and flip down the vent. I turned the engine on while I held the vent flap open and with a finger flick, nudged the center actuator arm so it sits above the open vent flap. The end of the actuator arm has a wider end, and if it's over the open flap, it seems to just slide over the open vent flap. I turned off and on the engine multiple times with my hand in there to make sure the actuator arm did indeed sail over without closing the flap. Normally/from the factory, the open flap top center has a matching hole/circle where the actuator arm connects via pin. On my car, that pod is on the weak side, but not enough trouble to justify replacing it, as it's a bear to do from just about all accounts I've been able to find here. If I need to adjust that flap, I just do it manually and it seems to hold in the desired position for at least a year. The fix I do takes about 10 min. max. As my a/c works, and it's a window heavy/sunlight streaming TD, the center cooling is appreciated.
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