2016 Ford F150 Mode/Blend Door Actuator Repair (Passenger Side)

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Published 2023-02-02
After being quoted $1,000 for a Mode/Blend Door Actuator Replacement, I decided to take care of it myself. I was able to get the part for $40 (FL3Z-19E616-B) from my local Ford Parts Dealer and the process took me approximately 45 min to complete.

All Comments (21)
  • @Fabulous_ROBIN
    This video literally helped fix a lot of stress, wife just got back from a trip and heater stopped working, with your video I was able to get it fixed . Thanks for the content
  • @markwitt9146
    Watched your video and my f-150 had the same exact issue. Literally a 15 minute fix because it took me 10 minutes to find my 1/4" wrench...
  • @zacklove7326
    Man I’ve never left a YouTube comment in my life but I’ve just tested every relay and fuse -related and unrelated, and gone down every possible rabbit hole of why my heat and ac aren’t working just hoping I wouldn’t have to pull the dash out but here I am 3 hours and and 6 beers deep and your video just helped me confirm exactly what part I need to get this working again! Whacked the actuator while changing from cool to heat and watched the cam move and finally the heat kicked on. Can’t wait to go buy a new actuator and get this fixed, thank you!
  • This is the driver’s side temp control. The passenger side temp control is on top of the heater box directly above the driver’s side control actuator.
  • @joeyweaver7421
    Great video, thank you for sharing this! Also, thanks for putting the part number on the video too! Saved me a lot of time and money!
  • @patrickmisner372
    Thanks man. Got my heat going. My first attempt I just had hot and less hot. I definitely recommend holding the actuator there in its correct spot and testing before screwing back in the torx screws. Reaching up in the hole the actuator covered and manually moving the blend door to heat and setting the actuator to heat(plugged in but not installed) made it install right and work for me. The white cam piece came off with the actuator for me so it made installation pretty confusing and allowed me to install it wrong on first try.
  • You are correct. The driver side controls the direction and passenger controls the temperature. I lost the temperature control a month before I lost the direction control. Replaced the directional one and it wasn’t too bad. The temp control leaves it really hot or cold. No in between at all. This will be the next one. Thanks for the video!
  • @JIMN26
    Thanks! Best video I've found on doing this.
  • @dougpetty9058
    Just replaced mine. Thanks for the guidance! Definitely requires some patience.
  • Thanks for the help. I have the exact same problem. Hopefully it will work for me. I appreciate the clear illustrations. Thanks again
  • @user-qn3iv8pm5f
    Dude thank you. Having the same issue sometimes it’s stuck on cold sometimes it’s stuck on heat. Was about to tear into the dash rather than the passenger side.
  • To make diagnosing which door you need to replace simpler, a mode door actuator controls the flow position, i.e. floor, vent, defrost. a blend door actuator changes the temperature, cold to hot and vise versa. a recirc door actuator will change between fresh air and recirculated air. also, a recirc door actuator will almost always be very close to the blower motor itself.
  • @cheeznhard
    Your video and another couple I found a really helped me. I found that that white cog is actually broken in mind. Guess I need to order that
  • 2016 F150 3.5 Turbo Lariat was not blowing air cold or hot through dash and defrost vents. Used this video and not being short or small enough I also removed the driver's seat 4x 13mm to make more room. Fantastic fix can not thank you enough.
  • @RodneyJeffers
    Thanks for the video man totally fixed my truck too
  • @zanereeder125
    Awesome video. Really appreciate this to save a ton of $$
  • @tcfd44
    Thanks for posting this video!
  • @user-nz2kx3dr4e
    Awesome video. I had no AC...fixed the problem. Except my screw head was a T15 on my 2016 XLT 5.0 Thanks