Buy oem heater cores & actuators. 4th gen kits are now available! This kit includes new solid aluminum hvac doors to replace the. How to replace a blend door actuator on a 2010 dodge ram 1500. 223k views 8 years ago. I created this video with the youtube. If you're unable to buy the oem actuators from your dealer, trw is the. The heater treater videos do not show how to change the temperature control actuator and the recirc door actuator (there are 5 total actuators and 3 of them would take. A little research indicated that the problem was almost certainly the blend door lever not being moved by the servo motor. If the lever is down you freeze and up you get only heat. The blend door actuator is the hardest to access, it is located at the bottom center of the dash directly above the center hump for the exhaust. The mode door actuator is. Does anyone know the position that it should be in? Is the box outline at the door supposed to line up with the keyed portion of the actuator post? Are the marks on the. Sometimes the actuators break on these things, but it is usually a broken blend, mode, or recirc door. It happens a lot and it is a very expensive fix if you take it to a mechanic. A lot of times they will replace the entire plenum box. If you remove the 2 screws holding the actuators in place, you can remove them and work the short lever that actually moves the door inside the box, you can feel & hear the. The doors themselves were bad about breaking where the hinge mates to the actuator, on the dr rams. When u buy the replacement part at the dealer, it comes with the.