Exproblems
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- April 17, 2011
- Messages
- 1,684
- Reaction score
- 19
- City, State
- Orchard Park, N.Y.
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '05 Explorer XLT 4.0L
Just for the record, my wife WAS able to find the switch/lever that controls the blender door and switch it over.
One thing though, she found a black piece of plastic, about 1 inch X 1 inch X 4 inches with a lightbulb (that isn't working) in one end of it, hanging from a wire back behind the glove box. We had noticed there was no light in the glove box, but figured it just didn't come with one. Is this thing supposed to be the glove box light, or what? Any ideas? Thanks for all the great info on this site, and the help with the heat situation.
Here is a tip on keeping the blend door set to the heat side until you can get the actuator repaired. When you go to start up the engine each time, switch the blower fan speed to the highest setting just prior to turning the key over to start the engine. I found doing it this way helped keep the blend door from falling back to the cold side. I believe the pressure from the fan speed on high helped keep the blend door in place during startup, because the blower motor starts up as soon as the dash is energized.
I'm pretty sure the glove box has a light for it, so the piece of plastic with a light bulb attached was probably for that.