vent selector disconnected

My 97 b4 has an issue with the vent selector on the climate control. Moving the dial from defrost through all the other settings changes nothing. It is stuck on face only...I could really use a little feet and defrost this time of year. So I looked at the back of the climate control board in the junkyard to see how it works. I am just trying to figure out the easiest way to get in there to move the cable a little. I am not too concerned this time of year with totally fixing it. Do you think I could take out some of those buttons, for the defroster, and brake light to gain access?

Does the dial turn freely, without resistance? It’s all cable driven, so something may have gotten loose. I wouldn’t be surprised if the plastic broke at the cable clip

Remove the dash fascia. It’s only a few screws, then 4 screws for the control panel.

-Todd

ToddA1 said:

Does the dial turn freely, without resistance? It’s all cable driven, so something may have gotten loose. I wouldn’t be surprised if the plastic broke at the cable clip

Remove the dash fascia. It’s only a few screws, then 4 screws for the control panel.

-Todd

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My thoughts too, the mounting for this is on the bottom front edge of the hvac box, they are very flimsy, mine is currently broken.

It's either broken, cable got disconnected or the arm that controls the door got disconnected or broken.

Steve

I'll try taking the facia off, and taking the control panel off. Yes it feels like its just spinning with no resistance. I am not too worried about it being connected as long as I get a little air to the feet and the windshield through the winter.

jdulle said:

I'll try taking the facia off, and taking the control panel off. Yes it feels like its just spinning with no resistance. I am not too worried about it being connected as long as I get a little air to the feet and the windshield through the winter.

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You'll need to pull the front section of the console out, that's how far down the attachment for this cable is.

Steve

I am still working on this. I got the trim from around the dials off, and all four screws for the climate control unit off, but there is another plastic frame blocking it from coming out. So I will take the console out and possibly follow the frame up and take out any screws holding it in.