A-Premium HVAC Heater Blend Door Actuator Compatible with Ford Explorer 2002-2010, Expedition 2003-2006, Explorer Sport Trac 2007-2010 & Mercury Mountaineer 2002-2010, Main, Replaces# 1L2H19E616CD

Had a 2003 explorer that blew full heat all the time. Google led me to this part pretty much immediately, and horror stories about how it's a $600 job and the dash needs to come apart, etc. Saw people who tied zip ties or shoe strings to the blend door lever so they could manually switch between full heat and no heat. I didn't do that, but I did confirm the actuator was not working when the lever did not move at all when changing the setting. If you're semi-handy and have a few hours on your hands you can definitely DIY this job. All you need is a 7, 8, and 10mm socket. Would recommend a 1/4" drive with extensions, and a 10mm box wrench preferably of the ratcheting variety and having a longer one may be helpful. Its pretty straight forward and easy to remove the center console and slide it back to the back seat, then remove a piece of duct work and support brace on the driver side. That's all you need to have access to the actuator. The actuator itself is when the job starts to suck. You'll bleed, swear, and feel like giving up since the area is so small and some of the bolts are hard to get to. Two of the bolts are pretty easy, a third one is a giant pain - you may have success going under the steering wheel with a long, flexible extension. A standard box wrench should work too, but you'll need to have a longer handle. It sucks, but its do-able. once all the bolts are off its easy to pull the actuator straight out and down. Plug the new one in. 1) Test the new one to make sure it works before putting it all back together, save yourself more headaches. To test it just plug it in, turn the key ON, and adjust the temperature dial. The actuator will slowly turn as you change the temperature. If it isn't turning, then it's bad and do not go any further. Get another part. (mine worked, i just would recommend testing it because you dont want to do this job twice) TIP: for getting the new one in. The shaft that drives the blend door has grooves so it only goes in one way. You can see exactly how its supposed to go in, and even though there's not much room pushing it in is extremely easy when its aligned correctly. Aligning it correctly took me awhile, but you can turn the key ON and then adjust the temperature dial, turn it slightly until it's aligned. It will push into the hvac box with light pressure, doesnt require a lot. Even though mine was stuck in FULL HEAT, turning the temperature dial to full heat didnt quite have it aligned, probably because the blend door is free to move once the motor is removed. So just play with it and you'll get it in eventually. Once it's in its just a matter of bolting it back up, you might consider only putting two bolts back in and leaving out the pain in the ass one in case you have to do the job again. I feel that two is plenty to secure the little plastic box but that's up to you ultimately. Normally I would say go with OEM Motorcraft for the part, since it's a pain to replace and all that. The OEM motorcraft one is prone to failure and is poorly built though, and it will fail again eventually. So I figured it was worth the risk to save the $30 and get an aftermarket one, maybe the aftermarket one is better built on the inside. I couldn't tell ya, but I do know the ford one is a poorly made part that will fail again. Also, the 2003 explorer is old now and not worth that much - so spending less on parts is preferable. I highly recommend just replacing this, it's a little annoying but it doesn't require any special tools and i was able to do it even with my fat fingers. Can do it in a couple hours, so I don't really see the point in doing the shoe string/zip tie ghetto rig. If you break that lever too you have a whole different world of problems, so better to just fix it properly. And if you don't want to DIY it, an independent mechanic should charge no more than 3 hours for this job. (I did it in about 2, in a driveway, with cheapo, basic tools). (On the explorer, at least - not sure on other models). If they're charging you $400-$600 in labor then I would find a different mechanic.

Blend door unit fit and is working properly in my 2003 Ford Explorer. Seems to be of good quality. The heat in the explorer works properly again. Satisfied so far. Was definitely a challenge to install and get to the screws but this wasnt the units fault.

Matched OEM, fit, and works.

Put it in today. Seems to work really well. For the price pretty reasonable. Here's the thing, in the Ford Expedition, there is maybe literally 2 millimeters of space to pull it out and put it in. This particular part seemed just an little larger than the OEM part, I even measured the width with calipers and it measured correctly to within 1/100 of an inch but it just wouldn't drop into the hole. Once I got it in the hole the part did not quite seat tight I had to push down on it to get it all the way in. Still not too bad for the price. I would say you definitely should buy the 8mm flex wrench to get the thing in and out otherwise you will just be swearing all day trying to get the thing in and out of the tiniest space in the world. Heck couldn't get it out of my car until I moved the radio antenna wire out out the way and that's only 1/4 of an inch. All in all worth the money, but be aware it's a hassle but beats paying for the garage to tear out your dash to put it in.

Great part! Installed it a week ago and the heater is blowing great in an 02 explorer!

Exact replacement on my 2002 ford explorer. Fit and operation was perfect.

Was the right part , works and a good price

The plug is located in the wrong spot for my vehicle. It also does not turn on & spin. Would not recommend

bugger to get to, as are they all, but this is a great unit thatfixed my heat flap problem, better quality component than OEM - Explorer 2003

Llego a tiempo bien empaquetado nuevo y funciona excelente gracias por cumplir.

Me salio mas barata que en la refaccionaria y se instalo sin problema en mi explorer 2008 XL

I think the gears might be sturdier than OEM as the one I replaced was also a black coloured unit and not the white OEM one. The contacts proabaly failed previoulsy, so we shall wait and see.

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