Foz
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Just thought I'd do my part for humanity today.
The dreaded recirculation door replacement...
I recently had my recirc door break and the air con was stuck on full heat. I diagnosed some faulty actuators and replaced them which left me with the remaining broken recirc door. After pulling the dash apart and taking the blower fan out I couldn't for the life of me see how to get it out. I was quoted $5k from an auto sparky, saying it's full dash removal to fix it. Politely told them no. My usual mechanic declined the job also saying it's a dash out job to fix.
Contacted my local dealer that still services Holden's and they said they can do it if I supply parts because they can't get them anymore. I got the recirc door off eBay and a spare actuator.
Took it to the service tech and he said they go through the plenum and the recirc door is behind the pollen filter. There is a trick to getting them in/out.
There are 2 small tabs you can cut off if needed, and heat is your friend. They lightly heat the recirc door to bend it and get it in to place. In my case the spare part had been sitting on the front seat in the sun so it was warm enough to make it soften it up.
Reason I'm posting this is it seems to be a common issue and people are getting ripped off by repairers charging to do the job in an overly complicated way.
All up it cost me an hours labour ($150) plus parts ($80).
Good luck. Enjoy your now working AC.
The dreaded recirculation door replacement...
I recently had my recirc door break and the air con was stuck on full heat. I diagnosed some faulty actuators and replaced them which left me with the remaining broken recirc door. After pulling the dash apart and taking the blower fan out I couldn't for the life of me see how to get it out. I was quoted $5k from an auto sparky, saying it's full dash removal to fix it. Politely told them no. My usual mechanic declined the job also saying it's a dash out job to fix.
Contacted my local dealer that still services Holden's and they said they can do it if I supply parts because they can't get them anymore. I got the recirc door off eBay and a spare actuator.
Took it to the service tech and he said they go through the plenum and the recirc door is behind the pollen filter. There is a trick to getting them in/out.
There are 2 small tabs you can cut off if needed, and heat is your friend. They lightly heat the recirc door to bend it and get it in to place. In my case the spare part had been sitting on the front seat in the sun so it was warm enough to make it soften it up.
Reason I'm posting this is it seems to be a common issue and people are getting ripped off by repairers charging to do the job in an overly complicated way.
All up it cost me an hours labour ($150) plus parts ($80).
Good luck. Enjoy your now working AC.