{"id":55485,"date":"2018-06-13T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=55485"},"modified":"2024-02-11T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:28:25","slug":"heat-blows-on-the-passenger-side-2008-ford-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2018\/06\/heat-blows-on-the-passenger-side-2008-ford-explorer","title":{"rendered":"Heat blows on the passenger side 2008 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 6cyl   140k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2008-ford-explorer-eddie-bauer.jpg\" alt=\"2008 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2008-ford-explorer-eddie-bauer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2008-ford-explorer-eddie-bauer-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Heat blows on the passenger side<\/h3>\n<p>heat blows on the passenger side, cold air out of the vents on driver side when <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/airconditioning.html\">a\/c<\/a> <\/strong>is on. Sometimes works properly for a short time on trips to Atlanta from Jackson, MS. I can hear a screeching sound sometimes when turned on. No thumping though as I&#8217;ve seen in the u-tube videos. This is going on the last 1-2 years. Has 140,000 on the mileage. The noise is coming from behind the center console I think. Is there a right and separate left blend door mechanism? or just one? Does this mean the the right door actuator needs to be replaced? Or, the actual door? Or, both?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There are two separate temperature blend doors. one for the drivers side and on for the passenger side.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wrapper\" class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"primary outerbox\">\n<div class=\"innerbox\">\n<div id=\"factory_article\">\n<div id=\"factory_article_content\">\n<div id=\"factory_article_markup\">\n<div id=\"fd_container\">\n<h4>Temperature Blend Door Actuator \u2014 RH, EATC<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2008-ford-explorer-blend-door-actuator.gif\" alt=\"blend door actuator 2008 Ford Explorer\" width=\"269\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<table class=\"fd_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th valign=\"bottom\">Item<\/th>\n<th valign=\"bottom\">Part Number<\/th>\n<th valign=\"bottom\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>RH temperature blend door actuator electrical connector (part of 14401)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>W701696<\/td>\n<td>RH temperature blend door actuator screw (3 required)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>19E616<\/td>\n<td>RH temperature blend door actuator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Removal and Installation<\/b><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Remove the RH floor console finish panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2008-ford-explorer-blend-door-actuator-location.gif\" alt=\"blend door actuator location diagram 2008 Ford Explorer\" width=\"269\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Lower the glove compartment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Disconnect the RH temperature blend door actuator electrical connector.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Remove the 3 RH temperature blend door actuator screws.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Remove the RH temperature blend door actuator.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>To install, reverse the removal procedure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heat blows on the passenger side heat blows on the passenger side, cold air out of the vents on driver side when a\/c is on. Sometimes works properly for a short time on trips to Atlanta from Jackson, MS. I can hear a screeching sound sometimes when turned on. No thumping though as I&#8217;ve seen&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2018\/06\/heat-blows-on-the-passenger-side-2008-ford-explorer\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heat blows on the passenger side 2008 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 6cyl   140k<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[457,21874],"class_list":["post-55485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","tag-explorer","tag-heat-blows-on-the-passenger-side"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heat blows on the passenger side 2008 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 6cyl  140k - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2018\/06\/heat-blows-on-the-passenger-side-2008-ford-explorer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heat blows on the passenger side 2008 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 6cyl  140k\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heat blows on the passenger side heat blows on the passenger side, cold air out of the vents on driver side when a\/c is on. 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