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Floor/Defrost-Air Door

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WARNING: On vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the airbag system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the negative battery (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the airbag system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the airbag system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment and possible personal injury or death.
WARNING: Refer to the applicable warnings and cautions for this system before performing the following operation (Refer to HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/PLUMBING - WARNINGS)  and (Refer to HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/PLUMBING - CAUTIONS) . Failure to follow the warnings and cautions could result in possible personal injury or death.
  1. Remove the HVAC housing (Refer to HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/DISTRIBUTION/HVAC HOUSING - REMOVAL) .
  2. Disassemble the HVAC housing (Refer to HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/DISTRIBUTION/HVAC HOUSING - DISASSEMBLY) .
  3. Remove the floor/defrost door actuator from the bottom of the HVAC housing (Refer to HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/CONTROLS/MODE DOOR ACTUATOR - REMOVAL) .
  4. Insert a screwdriver into the latch hole of the floor/defrost door pivot shaft to release the latch of the floor/defrost door lever, and pull the lever out of the pivot shaft from the outside of the lower half of the HVAC housing. See Fig 1.
    Fig 1: Floor/Defrost Door Latch - Typical
    GC0026039Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - DOOR PIVOT SHAFT
    2 - LATCH HOLE
    3 - CRANK ARM LATCH
    4 - FLAT BLADE PRY TOOL
  5. Reach inside the lower half of the HVAC housing and carefully flex the floor/defrost-air door enough so that the door pivot clears the pivot hole in the housing. See Fig 2.
  6. Remove the floor/defrost-air door from the HVAC housing.
Fig 2: Floor/Defrost-Air Door - Typical
GC0026038Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
1 - LOWER HVAC HOUSING
2 - PIVOT SHAFT
3 - CRANK ARM
4 - FLOOR/DEFROST DOOR
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