Four years ago w this video and you’re still helping folk. Thanks much! It worked!

These are the kinds of videos that make KZfaq so special. I feel for the 1000's of people that have already paid over $1000 to have this replaced. If mine would have broken last year I would have been one of those people too. Thank-you so much for making this video!

Hey thanks for this great idea ,even though, it works for over a week, but , this approach inspired me to go beyond,, to break a slot in between the Heater core and a.c. evaporator , big enough to bring the blend door out and bring in, the new one, not to many parts to disassemble, just the blend door actuator and the box glove compartment, to cover the hole or slot done ,I did it with aluminum tape, very important thing ,is that ones the actuator is reinstall, make sure to process the relearning by switching on the ignition key, and press 3 times the left and center buttons on the HVAC cluster control unit, until this one's start to blink and stop doing it, then the actuator cluster will be re-set, I used an occilator tool, to cut the plastic chamber this job took me around 2 hrs to be done , good luck and, I hope this comment could help someone else...

Proof that not all heroes wear capes. If you live near Lansing, MI I'd be happy to take you out for a steak dinner and still have over $1000 in my pocket from all the time and money you just saved me. My son just bought his first car...the weather got cold; no heat. Thank you for saving the day.

You are the man!!! Thank you so much for posting this. Took me about 15 minutes to fix which included watching this video twice so I got the hole drilling placement right! Super easy. I wish you the best karma possible for helping so many of us out. You rock!

I love this video. Following your path I was able to fix my lack of heat 2006 Equinox. Such a great fix! I was able to catch the corner of the blend door nearest the hole, burned a hole thru the plastic and permanently attached a foot long pc of fish tape routed thru a pc of tubing glued to the box. Now I have a permanent set up- push for heat pull for cold. You rock Buddy!

I want to thank you for saving me 800-1000. I have literally put in 10 hours into trying to figure out my wife’s heating problem. I was about to lose my mind and give up until I came across your video. Drilled a 3/8 hole, used a fish tape and BOOM hot air. You are the man.

Thank you so much. You made my 2016 year. I was priced over $1000 to fix. I appreciate you posting this video. You you really helped me out with such an easy fix. You are awesome. Thanks again.

epic Thanx... I drilled a 1/4 hole for a foot long coat hanger ..cramed it up and at an angle (towards the back) while the car was running and the heat on....I crammed until the heat clicked on! and simply stiflegged the coat hanger in the floor....works great

You are a Genius!! I can't thank you enough for finding away around of tearing apart the whole console to fix a stupid cheap part, you saved me large money and time and from freezing my ass off for the winter!!! this was perfect!!!

Just got it done!! Saved so much money. Used a coat hanger and once I drilled the first 5/8" hole, I could see the coil and stick my little finger in to feel around. So then I drilled 2 more hole up and right on the angle to get to the door. AWESOME. Remember, the plastic is very thin. Use very little pressure or you will go through a coil!!! Thanks Again.

Hey man I can not thank you enough for this video..well explained and easy to follow..my wife's 06 equinox had the same problem and I'm far from being a mechanic and I could do it..thanks again for saving me $1000. ur a genius..god bless

Dude you saved me a 1000 bucks easy fix after I was driven nuts over this worked in ten minutes thank you so much best video ever God bless

Dude, you are the man. Just saved me a bunch of headache for a 2005. Thanks bud!

Amazing ingenuity man!! I called the Chevy dealership and they said this was a recall and they have a kit that they can fix this with so ur knob still controls the door and it’s only 100$ that’s labor and the sleeve kit.

after watching a video of someone taking off the entire dash to do what you did , I am so glad I found your video! Time to break out the drill. It may be my heater core but I'll give this a shot first

Hey I have a 2006 Pontiac Torrent and you saved me major money and headache with this. Thank you very much.

This video was perfect. Thank you. Once I got my hole through the plastic, and figured out where the door and the coils were, I pushed the blend door up with my finger, then i got a piece of wire hanger fixed in there to keep the door all the way up.

Thank you so much. You saved me and my wife so much money that we need.

Thanks a lot, it works, followed your video, it's been working flawless for 2 years now

thanks this helped. i pushed a long screw driver in there and left it held against the door in the up position. my heat works now!

Thank you thank you we cannot thank you enough, exact same car, exact same problem, we were disassembled beyond what you'd exposed and ready to quit when we watched your excellent description and now we're flipping the bird to equinox !!

Thanks for the video, I was about to shell out over 1K to replace a $40 blend door. This was actually a recall, but I had to have it fixed before last November to qualify. I used a bent coat hanger and shoved it vertically about 8 inches through the drilled hole. Works perfect. Next summer I will remove the hanger for A/C.

Hey thanks this video helped a lot so I didn’t have to tear apart my truck this video is greatly appreciated

Thanks a lot Clint. Just bought a 2006 Pontiac torrent for the winter months . Never test drove it before purchasing from a near by city. Realized it had no heat half way home After transfer papers were already signed . Got a quote for $1175 To fix my “blended door“ 8 hrs shop time. Only paid $2000 for the suv so that was not a good start . When I got home Watched your video drilled the hole took about an hour feeling around With a coat hanger then poof Blower sounded different put my hand up top.hot air !! Jimmy rigged it up painted it black to match floor mats can’t even notice. You saved me almost $1200 in this pandemic that will cover my next months bills ! thank you man. I owe you one For real Norm British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

thanks this was a big help. mine went out this week and i used your video and had it fixed in 20 minutes

OMG!!! I have heat again!!! You rock! I feel like I should send you $100. Took a little playing around as I couldn't find a proper wire to use. I tried first with a very stiff thin metal bar that didn't work. Then I tried using some solder. Only wire I could find that was semi flexible, that I figured I could use temporarily. I'll get something more permanent later today. But the important thing is I won't freeze my ass off again during my daily three hour drive as I work. Long Johns are coming off! It's -1 (Celsius) and light snow at the moment. Fuck I'm so happy right now!!!

You ain't cheap, Clint, you're on the money! Spent 5 c on this ridiculous item and repair, and 2 years later it's ticking again. I worried the first time that some nervous nellie would hear it and call the authorities out of fear, but if I fail at this I'll let it be. Great and useful video, brother. THANK YOU!

Thanks bro! You save my life...

Awesome fix! Thanks 👍

Thanks a lot for the video. I got it worked.

LOOK HIT MAN WITHOUT THE SUITE ??? Good job I was thinking the same thing and was searching here who else has thought of this haha 😆 I guess great minds think the same your ok on my book 📖 . No one needs to know our secret. Also you remind me of Hit Man dam bro you look like him 😳

brilliant! mine is stuck on heat and it's mid June and hitting the upper 80s

great video! wish I had paid more attention... my first hole was down and to the right (forward) of the correct location, that went into the AC coil spewing the contents onto the floor! After drilling into the correct place, this fixed my issues! Please, pay more attention than I did!

Thanks bro for the video

Great video!! Thank you Thank you Thank you

Funny enough I was just planning on trying this exact thing. Perfect timing and thanks for the video. About how far in is the door? Around how much wire is going into that hole? *Edit - Never mind, read some of the comments. Sounds like about eight inches up towards the radio.

I drilled the hole and can't get heat. I have a diagram of the heat box but it's expanded. I cant seem to get the door up. Is the door of the firewall side of the actuator or on the interior side?

Thanks, this vidio got me to the hart of the problem fast and easy. As it is my wifes car and she has heat and that makes her Hot...

Thank you so much ..I have heat again!!

It's referred to as "cobbling" the heat door. We had a mechanic in town for many years, called "Cobbled Joe" lol

Awesome vid, I was going to suggest instead of drilling a hole and risking hitting the heater core what about heating up a short piece of pipe and burning a hole instead?, I was going to attempt it but the car only has 40.000 miles on it and the wife wanted it fixed right, had the heater core replaced at the same time and the bill was $1400.00 cdn.

genius. I think maybe the hole should be a little higher but where it is works fine, it's where I drilled mine. I have a heat again !!!!! thanks!

I’m in the right spot I just don’t know what the blend door looks like but it doesn’t even look like there’s anything in there so I hope it didn’t fall off or something. It’s currently dark and 15 degrees outside but I need my car for school in the morning so I’m staying out here until I figure it out 😂

Great video. I can get heat if I have the fan pointing to the face and feet directions and with the recirculate button pressed on. But if I switch off the recirculate and point the knob to the defrost positions - like defrost windshield and feet - I get just enough to warm the windows but not much interior heat. Does this mean my blend door is the culprit, or is it just a new thermostat that I need? Also my AC is on the blink. AC light flashes when I press AC.

I plan on doing this this weekend. I have no heat and I'm in Missouri, even inside is getting frosted. sooooooo I'm not surrendering much money on this..... so I have questions. looks like your didn't have to take over the lower panel where the fuses are, but did you have to remove the glove box on that? with the holes made, should I be sealing those up once propped open?

is the hole you drilled a few inches below the door? I drilled a hole and was feeling around in there with a metal file and couldn't find it. I am debating on drilling a larger hole so I can feel with my finger. I just don't want to go crazy making the hole too big.

Good stuff man. Why the hell did GM think that design was a good idea? Sigh

Thanks so much, this helped out a lot. Just one question. If I wanted cold, how do I get the door to come down? I think I pushed it to high.

I followed the video instructions and I can’t find the blend door. I drilled in the exact same spot , I can get my finger in and feel around and the only thing I can feel/see is the Evap core . Where exactly is the door located ? , at the bottom of the housing , top of the housing and how far into the housing is it ? Thanks for the help 👍🏻

Common problem with the year of make. I own a 06 as well

Hey is there a possible way to show u a screen shot of the inside of mine because from what I see I see a flat wall on the left. Side and infront of it is the coil so where is the blend door? Any help would be lovely thank you

I got mine pushed up but still no heat and heat worked perfectly last winter?? Tia

Hey, great video... I was very excited when I found this... Living in Canada our winters are brutal and it's starting to get cold... I knew there had to be an easy (cheap) fix for this, and like you, I couldn't justify spending over $1000 to fix this... I sure as hell wasn't about to tear about the whole car either... I've drilled the hole in the exact spot you've shown, but I'm having difficult finding the door to push up... Do you just go directly straight up up right from that hole, and how much force is needed to move the door up? All I could find is a very stiff and thick metal wire that isn't flexible at all. I'm able to move it around in the hole but am not feeling anything that moves... I've been playing and punching the heat controls quite a bit since this happened and just last week I had a little bit of heat coming out, which I lost when I tried to get a little more... I'm hoping I didn't totally break off the door from playing with it too much...

Did you have to remove the dash to drill the whole

So this will work in the same way with the Pontiac torrent 2006? Please , thank you in advance. Rick Berry

Couldn't find the blend door. How far up is it in the H vac unit itself?

I went exactly where you told me and went slow and blew a ac line I’m so pissed at myself I can’t believe I fucked this up in my 12 years of working on cars never done anything this dumb

Hey brother, really appreciate this video and I'm about to give it a go, but I wanted a little clarification: In the comments, you mentioned that only one hole is necessary. Which hole is the one i need to drill? The one shown at 00:53 or the one at 1:24? I gather it's the one at 1:24 but just want to make sure. Once I drill that hole, I need to insert flexible metal (like a coat hanger) DOWn through the hole to hook onto and pull up the door, then leave it propped up with said metal. Is this all correct?

where in New york are you? we are having same issue with ours.

Hi I did this but it doesn't seem to get hot.. do you have any advice?

Metal wire in the fuse box

I don't know what I'm doing wrong, It's not working for me. I drilled where you drilled and went up towards the dashboard then I went left toward the radio. It smells like chemicals in the car now. Which way do I go and how far? Thank you in advance! I know nothing about cars.

How can you see to attach your wire to it?

I'm having a hard time figuring out where you drilled that 2nd hole.

I can’t get to where you drilled the second hole, it’s blocked on mine

how do it so that only air blows cold

I have no heat in my equinox and this looks very difficult. Help me please 😫

They make a repair kit for these so there is no need to remove the dash. I'm gonna buy the kit and see how it works. I'll post a vid

I have hit something, it's shooting out fluid. I think it's freon. Help

Mine is still not getting hot.. I wonder what's wrong now

Did this and the heat only came out of the right vent above the radio

Okay maybe im the only fuckup here but i attempted this and it squirted antifreeze everywhere

But your notvshowing where blend door is

LOL