Fiesta ST passenger blend door actuator replacement 

I ended up replacing a perfectly fine blend door actuator underneath the steering column because ALL of the videos about clicking under the dash were for that 😂 I should’ve dug deeper to find yours! At least this one will be easy to replace. Thank you for the video!

Just wanted to hop in and say thank you so much for this video, just replaced my passenger side actuator because of this video!

Great timesaver video. Thanks. Have a couple of small comments: (1) buy the thumb ratchet mentioned in the video. Perfect tool for getting the upper screw out. (2) Spread a shop rag out inside the dash, after you get the glove compartment out. It will catch dropped screws or tools. (3) This part is physically the same as the one on the driver's side, except for the little pc board inside. The driver's side actuator has, as I remember, five pins while the passenger side one has just two. If you accidentally receive the wrong one, just open the old actuator and swap its PC board with the one you received. It's rare that the board fails, but the plastic gears shear their teeth off and that's the only thing that causes the failure. (4) And the gear that protrudes out of the actuator has a wide gap in the teeth that has to mesh with a wide tooth in the flap's female fitting. Look in through the plastic grid/vent where the actuator is mounted and you can move the flap a little to the place that matches with the actuator's position. Don't force the two together and don't try to twist the actuator's gear into place. Again, thanks for the help, gray25xt.

Mines been going off for half a year, I said it was a bomb ticking down when ever someone asked me what the sound was. Finally took it out and getting a replacement. Thank you for the vid

This is a fantastic video, thanks! I started hearing a knocking noise emitting from my glove box, it allowed me to find videos for replacing the actuator on the driver side but reading comments informed me that there's one in the glovebox which led me to this video. This looks really great.

Very good. Before digging listen to which one it is. Glovebox side is easy. Drivers side is difficult requiring removal of the steering column plastic cowl housing and a skinny arm...or removing the lower airbag to gain access from below. These things are made of toy train parts..they cant handle the repeated stress.

Great video! Thanks! My driver’s side made it to about 45k and the passenger side made it to about 64k miles. I remember being asked which side I needed a few years ago and thinking “you’ve got to be kidding me, there’s a passenger side that can go bad as well?” Somehow the teeth got misaligned and I had to take the actuator apart to rotate the teeth so I could get it to fit into place; a real pita!

Thanks for the video, I have seen so many videos where I watch for 30 mins and get no where. Also you gave me a part number. I am still looking for a part number on a part in the gear box. But thank you for getting to the point and part number very much appreciated

My 2013 Fiesta started making that noise today. It freaked me out. This video ROCKS!! I hope to fix it myself. Looks so easy!!

OH MY GOSH MINE JUST STARTED DOING THIS TY

Knew sound was located on Pass side but didn't know where.... NOW I KNOW! Thanks for video!

Mine made it 32k before it broke. Driver side is still fine. Good tip on getting the driver side actuator. I was just going to get one for the passenger side but I’ll get the driver side one for the inevitable failure.

Thank you so much man, I almost had Ford do it for 200 or 300 dollars, they came up with they had to pull out my dash board to replace it. I got the part that fits for 30 bucks at autozone.

Bro thank you for the video. Changed it today , same piece on a ford fiesta S 2015. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

Driver side just went out at 73,000 mi I had no idea there was a passenger side one. Thanks for the video I will be buying one for the passenger side just in case.

I'm going to try this today. Looks easy enough. 😬 Thanks for making this video. I like your Fiesta more than mine. 🥴

Mines been broke for awhile now TY for the video I've mostly found ones that do the drivers side so I've been confused why the sound was coming from my passenger side (I know how to put gas in and that's about all my car knowledge). For the few passenger side videos I did find they have everything out already and don't show where it is actually located or that it is screwed in. This is great for people (like me) that have absolutely no knowledge of cars LOL are also broke and don't want to pay a mechanic to fix an easy problem. Thank you again!

107k miles and mine finally went out.. thanks for the vid

Thank you for this video!!!! It's the only one I found that covers the passenger side actuator

Great video. I’d only add, to do this job, have on hand a small ratchet screwdriver (with a Torx 20 head) or similar tool for tight spaces. These screws are on tight and hard to get at.

Wow thanks, just saved me a trip to the dealer and a big headache.

Thanks so much for this video. The way you present the explanation and details is specific and easy to understand. Thank you as well for showing the screw locations and size of driver used. Very quick and to the point as well. Much appreciated man.

Thanks for this! Mine started clicking today and I was dreading replacing after hearing horror stories about the driver side!

Mine apparently just went out at 18k miles... not a car guy and had no idea what was going on. Happy to of found your video though, Thanks!

Good video. Both my fists had them go out before 15k miles.

Thank you for addressing the pass side

I think you showed the wrong part number for the defrost door actuator, it should be BE8Z-19E616-B. The driver side is BE8Z-19E616-A. I bought my FiST used, and both blend doors went out within a few weeks of each other. The heat actuator (driver side) went first and while it was on order the defrost (passenger side) went. Glad to see the defrost is so easy to get to. The driver side was actually pretty easy accessing it from below the steering wheel. The driver side was missing a T20 screw on the top one. So I guess it had been replaced before. It was under warranty when I bought it so leave it to Ford to just ignore the screw.

I’ve replaced the driver and passenger once in four years. Get the Dorman brand. The Ford brand sux! Last American made anything I own.

Thank you for doing this video! You just saved me a ton of time and money.

Mine made it 28k on my 2016. Saving this now that I’m not under warranty lol.

This was super helpful thank you.

Perfect timeing! Mine broke yesterday morning

Thank you very much! Your video was a big help to me.

Yeah I’m looking for the passenger video right now. Just got the drivers side out. Didn’t take long at all. But instead of replacing, im just disconnecting mine. No point in replacing a part that’s gonna break.

Thanks for sharing your video . Was really easy to change :)

Thanks brother. You da real MVP

Sadly (many) auto repair shops will rip off people giving them all kids of fake problems and charge them hundreds of dollars. I'd guarantee it. I'm tempted to bring my car to a shop and get their diagnosis. Then say "oh are you SURE it's not just the passenger blend door actuator?" Haha

Wow, short and sweet, thanks!

Big big help !!!! Thank you for posting !

I hope this repair is the same on the mk3 focus. Ive heard people complain about how difficult it is, but its simple on the fiesta anyway

Thank. Just what i needed

That's the recirculate door. It switches the car to recirculate when the climate is off, thats why you never get ambient blowby. If you start the car with the climate always on fan 1 on any mode that doesnt enable recirculate, it should stop clicking at least until you replace the part.

Thanks! I might actually be able to do this.

Thank you.

What I want to know is what does it take to get one of these that has a metal gear instead of a plastic one 🙇🏻‍♂️

That is the recirculation door actuator. Not the blend door actuator.

My 2009 Fiesta started clicking a few days ago. It doesn't click like in the video, just one click every few seconds. I also noticed that it clicks when I switch to dash airflow. I don't know yet whether to listen to it under the steering wheel or closer to the air vent knobs. Has anyone had a similar experience? And will it be the part under the steering wheel?

Just tried to replace without a thumb ratchet and thats a no-go. GET THE THUMB RATCHET lol

I did the driver side a month ago, now have to do the passenger side. 40,000 miles. Why can’t they build these that don’t break!?!?!

Question, mine was making the knocking noise for months, just ignored it... but now car doesnt blow Air at all of any kind as of last week. Seeing how its been making the knocking noise for months, Replacing this most likely will stop the noise but not the issue with No Air? Is that a fuse/relay finally going out or will this actuator fix the air too? (Or is it related ro the blower motor itself?) Thanks alot

How do I know which one needs to be replaced? Do I just listen to where the knocking is coming from?

thank youuuuuu

Much easier to do the passenger side compared to the driver side, driver side is absolutely cancer.

That's the recirculation door

Are both driver side and passenger side the same exact part 🤔 i have a 2019 started clicking last night 32k miles on it

My air is only blowing out of the defrost, but I don't have the clicking noise. Could this be an issue with the passenger blend door? I've replaced the drivers side twice and both times it was clicking.

Would the location be the same on a 2018 Ford fiesta Se???

Are both actuator on the driver and passenger the same?

2-T20

i get this knocking noise on the passenger side as well. but if i keep running my AC my engine will start to overheat. when i turn the AC off, the engine heat will go back to normal. i was wondering if anyone else has had this problem too or if this is 2 seperate problems in need to fix individually. i noticed both around the same time.

Mine just went today haha

Thanks for posting! Do you know by chance which blend door actuator is responsible for the front defrost? My ST isn't making a clicking sound. But the defrost vents won't blow. Only the front facing vents. I can't seem to find a video solving that problem.

Hello gray, I see the same problem with my 2017 Fiesta SE which i bought recently. I am trying to buy this part in Advanced Auto Parts store and there are multiple of them and I'm unable go find the exact one. Can you help me with this? Thank you for the detail video.

Does anyone know if the blend door actuators for both the passenger side and the driver side are the same? I know they have different part number but when I try looking them up, the looks like the same part.

i had one of the actuators (it sounded like it was in the radio) replaced by the dealership under warranty, about a 1 hour job, but now i have a rattle in my dash at high RPM as a result. do you think this is something that i could try to resolve myself?

Do you think it’s the same for a regular fiesta? This will be the second time it’s gonna bad in a year. The first time I took it to a shop but I don’t want to pay big money if it’s not going to last longer than a year. I’m also mad they charged me more than $100 to do that when it takes 10mins! Lol

Great video, thank you for sharing! I also wanted to share a comment that I found from this video, which shows how to replace the actuator on the driver side: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BBs6CJoZmJk.html The comment helped me (both sides didn't match up at first when I tried to put the actuators in. I had to turn the car on and cycle through the heat/ac settings to get the gears to move around so the part would "set" right." Full comment is here: "Here is another tip. After I inserted the pole (with gears on it) of the actuator into the receiving socket on the car, the screw holes did NOT line up. I started the engine, everything loosened up. I was able to line up the screw holes. Essentially, if something is stuck, do NOT force it."

Hello! How do you align this properly with the gear? I noticed there's an arrow pointing to the gear on the new part, but when I set missing gear tooth to that position it wouldn't go into the car with any positioning of the blend door. I just plugged new part in and let it spin until it matched my old part and I was able to get it in, but then when driving no air was coming out of the car's ac vents, so I feel like its still expecting some specific alignment.

What a POS. Both mine went out prior to 15K. 2017 Fiesta SE Hatchback.

I literally used the "Max defrost" setting for the first time, and then next time I started the car the BDA was clicking... Only at 8k miles. How annoying!

Crap, I bought the passenger side because the ticking sound was happening when the recirculating air button was on. But now that I've removed the glove box its obviously the drivers side.....

My car just started on the right side

How do you know which one went bad?

What was that tool that you pointed to at 1:15

77 k on my 2015

That's not a blend door. That's the recirc door. It changes between inside and outside air

Olivia Ford in Plymouth Indiana wants $200.00 to replace mine.

Do u have a link please

Someone messaged me about the tool required for this job. I suggest either a very small ratchet or a thumb ratchet like this one on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B00UZH5760/ref=dp_cerb_2

**** THIS IS NOT NOT NOT NOT THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR!!!! The part you replaced is the RECIRCULATION DOOR Actuator! The Blend door actuator is located where the passenger's left knee would be BEHIND the left glove box Housing mounted on the right of the center dash (DASHBOARD MUST BE REMOVED TO ACCESS ~6 HOURS) PLEASE PLEASE RENAME THIS VIDEO FOR VIEWER'S SAKE!

Just replaced my second one in 84k miles. They made this part to fail. Thanks for nothing, Ford.