{"id":55897,"date":"2018-09-13T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T13:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=55897"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:44:37","slug":"mode-door-motor-replacement-2011-nissan-altima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2018\/09\/mode-door-motor-replacement-2011-nissan-altima","title":{"rendered":"Mode Door Motor Replacement 2011 Nissan Altima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2012-nissan-altima.jpg\" alt=\"Nissan Altima\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2012-nissan-altima.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2012-nissan-altima-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I need to repair the blend or mode motor and door assembly. I can&#8217;t get defrost or floor vent to open. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/airconditioning.html\">air conditioning<\/a> only blows at me. How do I reach the blend door assembly?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You will need to remove the instrument cluster from the dash panel(see video). Then you will need to remove the BCM that is located behind the instrument cluster.<\/p>\n<h3>Mode Door Motor Replacement<\/h3>\n<h4>Mode Door Motor Removal<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Remove the Instrument Cluster.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Altima Dash Instrument Cluster Removal Tutorial 2008-2013\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef qsa_\\&amp;start\\=12\" id=\"WYL_8YjA9RRMtXc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8YjA9RRMtXc%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YjA9RRMtXc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT12M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-05-05T22:58:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_8YjA9RRMtXc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8YjA9RRMtXc%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Altima Dash Instrument Cluster Removal Tutorial 2008-2013<\/div><\/div><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"play\"><\/button><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8YjA9RRMtXc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8YjA9RRMtXc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Altima Dash Instrument Cluster Removal Tutorial 2008-2013\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"I show you guys how to remove the Instrument cluster on my Altima coupe. Music By Chuki Beats &quot;Gangsta Boom Bap Classic&quot; (http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CHUKImusic) Instrumental produced by Chuki\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Remove the BCM.<\/li>\n<li>Disconnect the mode door motor connector (1).<\/li>\n<li>Remove the mode door motor screws (A) and then remove the mode door motor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2011-nissan-altima-mode-door-motor-location-diagram.jpg\" alt=\"2011-nissan-altima-mode-door-motor-location-diagram\" width=\"261\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Mode Door Motor Installation<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Installation is in the reverse order of removal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need to repair the blend or mode motor and door assembly. I can&#8217;t get defrost or floor vent to open. The air conditioning only blows at me. How do I reach the blend door assembly? You will need to remove the instrument cluster from the dash panel(see video). Then you will need to remove&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2018\/09\/mode-door-motor-replacement-2011-nissan-altima\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mode Door Motor Replacement 2011 Nissan Altima<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15030,"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":[1,37],"tags":[7279,22301],"class_list":["post-55897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-nissan","tag-altima","tag-mode-door-motor-replacement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83608,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55897\/revisions\/83608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}