Has anyone found a fix for the blend door problem on the 97 f150,besides removing the dash? The local Dealership advised the repair would be about $700.00-$ 800.00 to replace a
$70.00 blend door.

 

WHOA!! That is pretty steep!!

I don't think that the blend door is $70.00 at all
and it sure aint that much labor involved..
How much do they charge per hr for labor?

Sounds like they are trying to rip u off..
I would definately get a 2nd opinion from a competing dealer or an independent shop.


FordMasterTech

 

I was only getting air blowing from my dash and defrost vents (warm head-cold feet) and looked into the blend door issue, here is what I found. Remove the black cover on the tranny hump, and look under the dash (way under) on the drivers side, there are 2 blend doors (that I saw) one is for the dash vents, you can see a grey foam gasket about 1/4 inch thick, I carefully stuck my finger behind this material and tested the selector **** with the engine running, I felt the door move as expected, the other is lower and closer to the output vent, it looks like a soup can with 2 vac lines connecting to the rear, I removed the vac lines and removed the 2 screw holding the unit to it's frame, the unit should dangle there, if so it's more than likely ok, connect the vac lines and test, the silver rod inside actuates the other blend door, Mine just fell out, revealing the source of the problem, I stuck my finger inside the opening and gripped the door (NOT an easy task) and rehooked the shaft to the door connector, replaced the 2 screws and now...I have warm feet!
It took 2 hours of screwing around, now that I've done it I expect it would take less than 1/2 hour to test/make this repair.
Good Luck

 

if the blend door itself had broken, then yes.... dash removal and 7 to 8 hundred dollars is required. the dealer was telling the truth.