Hi all

I noticed the AC was only blowing cold air on the passenger's side in my Mini Cooper 2014. I did some research and it seemed it was the blend door actuator.

I removed the existing actuator, and moved the blend door manually, and it does work as expected...hot when I turn it one way, cold when I turn it the other way.

So I ordered a new actuator, but when I plug it in, it does not rotate (the old one rotated, no problem). I thought it was a bad part so I got another one. Same issue. The actuator part does not move regardless if I adjust the temperature high or low.

I cannot figure out what to try next. Does the actuator need to be reset or calibrated for it to start responding?

Thank you

 

That’s a great question … I too need to know the answer to this as I’m having the same issue.

 

I don't have problem side-to-side but when I start-up my flow goes down & dash at same time THEN goes to dash full time. it's a vacuum thing, think about that ?