HVAC Mode Actuator for your Vehicle

Question #1: When you buy work gloves, do you shop in the Children's department?Question #2: Do you have a supply of bandages and a current tetanus vaccine on board for the 30+ small razor cuts on your knuckles, fingers and wrists?If so, you are qualified to remove and install this blend door actuator part located deep within the bowls of the entrance to that Honda no-man land called: The Honda Pilot passenger side dash board. Seems easy... dash pieces remove quickly, easily.... glove box, and lower plastic dash cover all pops off with only a few Phillips head screws. "But then begins the journey in your head"... to figure out how to get your hands into the tiny passage areas, past the razor-sharp metal braces and gigantic bulky air vent tubes. If your hands are the size of a 6 year old, you will have no issues at all.... but normal sized hands, forget it. Plan on spending some time taping up the sharp metal edges inside the dash before you even start. Which edges you ask?.... all of the, you can't miss them. When you gut the passenger side dash, you will notice they almost act like they are waiting to surprise you with their razor sharp back edges.... blocking every access area and holding up the airbag (which realistically could cut your head off in less than 1,000 of a quarter of a second)... don't mess with wires you don't understand under there!!!!!! Think this thing through... consider trading in your Honda.... seriously, it's that difficult of a job.... and it may be worth opening up your dash, and having your 6 year old actually do the removal and install of the actuator. Think of it as a family activity! In reality, the engineers at Honda need to be gathered up around one of these 2011 Honda Pilots and forced to remove and install this actuator themselves, blindfolded, with firefighters gloves. That's what it's like if you use your hands to make a living... nobody over the age of 6 has hands small enough to do this job.... Perhaps maybe the Honda engineers will think twice about the consequences of removal before they get all "Value-Engineering Crazy" as they literally Tetris the components required under the dashboard.Oh... and the replacement part went in easily, no grease or lube provided for the actuator, but that's a minor deal. It works like it should, and it appears to be an exact OEM replica part... for $54 bucks, it's a good investment. It's been in now for 2 days, and so far so good.... but really, truly, this may be a job for a mechanic. If you have any type of arthritis, forget it. My fingers and knuckles would not work in those tight spots - fingers can reach, wrists get cut from the framework, and only a collection of small, universal socket swivels and long extensions will allow you to complete this hellish install. Only an hour they say for the install... sure, perhaps if it's the second one you install... where you know exactly what to remove, and how.... but for me, it was a 3 hour ordeal that only involved me throwing the glove box out into the yard as a sign of complete and udder frustration. Oh yeah, and the blood cleanup will require lots of paper towels. Other than that, it's nearly as much fun as a tooth extraction without Novocain. Order it, keep it on hand... it will fail... Honda guarantees it by placing it where nobody can reach it. I pray it lasts and works!

Works great so far. Fixed my issue with different temps on my truck. Bolts right up. No need to modify anything. Good price too compared to oem

Still works good after a year. Exact for for GMC 2500.

Works great.

We purchased this Air Door Actuator - BECAUSE it says' it Replaces 89018365, 604-106, 52402588 - Fits 1994-2012 Chevrolet, Chevy, GMC - Silverado... Well we have our 2004 GMC 2500, and we decided to put this thing to the test. Since our 04 GMC truck was blowing hot on one our side driver side and cold on the other, then sometimes hot on both, this was actually too hot during the summer months, nobody minds warm air in the winter. We had taken it to a so called- local reputable A/C mechanic who said he couldn't find the problem. But then charged us for 1-Putting in more freon, that was not needed, and it was reading freon was good, 2- they also installed another compressor after the one they had installed in the first place didn't seem to remedy the problem 3- and some other part I don't remember the name of. We figured they probably laughed all the way to the bank. While we got charged for outrageous parts which did not solve the A/C problem, although they did not charge us for anything but the part I can't remember the name of, but the vehicle compressor replacement part was still under warranty; dot dot dot, but replacing that which was like a bandage and a needless bill no matter who paid. This taught us a lesson just for going back in to them after the dealer had used them to no avail, about our vehicle A/C unit. So, after all that, and some time burning up and cooling down, we took the vehicle in for tinting less than a month ago, to try and relieve us from some of the heat waves, fortunately for me the guy and I was talking, and when I mention how hot it gets inside the truck sometimes when my air is on, and I said something about what I believed the problem was that I needed to get to, I said, I think the cabin doors are not opening properly, the guy was young but knowledgable and told me he had a something like that happen recently to his chevy truck which he pointed out to me, and happen to mention it was probably my air actuator door, shucks, I had never heard of that before, I'm not a mechanic, I am a want to be: but I went home and immediately did some research on google actuators and the results are in, my friend. Then I took to Amazon, when I saw this part on amazon, I was happy, it was at a reasonable price, but that day, I still couldn't afford it I was spent out after tinting, so kept watching it, reading all the reviews, and discussing it with my mate, I needed resolution. The day came, days later, this same month, payday, I could afford the part. Anyway, I had to pick and choose, I needed an oil change, so I went to Walmart to get everything I needed for an oil change, filters, oil, you know the drill, then I noticed, where it listed a cabin air filter, NOW I AM TRIPPING AGAIN, because I can't locate that filter number at Walmart so I go to Amazon, where I find, nothing. UPDATE: We also got purchased a cabin air filter with our air actuator filter, on AMAZON. Alright, so we decided to take to watching youtube videos where we discovered, how to help ourselves, seeing how others were learning of this too. After the video we went outdoors to locate everything on our vehicle, of course you know everything is not going to be exactly alike, but it was close enough to give us pointers on what to do. By WATCHING someone else who had issues and did this for installation of a 2004 Chevy, solved their problem, we gave it a chance, based on that and the many reviews on amazon, we choose to purchase this item, along with the other parts we saw we needed that week just before that weekend, it arrived in a day or so, along with the air actuator filter and the door just in case we had to cut an opening, like another vehicle and installer did his in the air filter mod youtube video, The GOOD NEWS, our A/C problem has been resolved, we haven't cut into the air filter part for the mod yet, but next time, maybe next weekend, thanks to a tip from our tinting guy, who gave me a real heads up, a wake up call I needed, because I couldn't figure out what our problem with the A/C unit was, for two years, and all I had to go on was the ole cabin air door thought that I dreaded...I didn't want to remove the whole dash thing. For us, it was a bit longer than 20-30 minutes for installation because we were not in a rush, and do have a different construction than that of the Chevy install guy in the youtube video we watch, and we are not mechanics, but it was very helpful, and in one day, less than 2 hours I suppose, we was able to get the job completed. So, thanks to Amazon we found the parts all what we needed to make things happen at way less and affordable cost than what we paid a professional. I would, we recommend this air actuator part, if you have this or these type vehicle(s) listed. Hope this helps.

I installed this actuator in a 2014 ram 2500 van. On first try, one pin didn’t line up and I bent it. Had to remove the cover to straighten the pin. The original pin was a lot more rigid. The gears in the actuator looked @ 50% thicker than the original and should be less prone to breaking teeth (the original problem) . Reinstall went okay and the actuator worked perfectly.

Fit as listed for my vehicle.

Fit my 2009 Honda Crv. Same as original. Easy installation. Left side temperature mode stuck in cold position. After replacement , mode temperature working again.