percentage of camaros with evaporator/blend door failure

[daktah]

Just happened to me a few months ago, like 64 or 65k miles. What I ended up doing after repairing it was just unplugging the blend door motor at its max cold position and I'm just going to do that from now on during AC season which lasts 6 to 8 months around here, and then I'll plug it back in once it starts getting a bit nippy. I've been driving around for several weeks with it unplugged with no complaints from the computer or hvac or anything, just nice ice cold air without unnecessary and pointless wear cycles onto the new door. Still going to pick up another spare or two next time I make an order, just in case.

[TheBrightSide]

Originally Posted by daktah

Just happened to me a few months ago, like 64 or 65k miles. What I ended up doing after repairing it was just unplugging the blend door motor at its max cold position and I'm just going to do that from now on during AC season which lasts 6 to 8 months around here, and then I'll plug it back in once it starts getting a bit nippy. I've been driving around for several weeks with it unplugged with no complaints from the computer or hvac or anything, just nice ice cold air without unnecessary and pointless wear cycles onto the new door. Still going to pick up another spare or two next time I make an order, just in case.

Where do you unplug it from again? And you said that you max out the blend door on the max cold position, on the climate temp control?

[GrahamHill]

Raises hand, RE evaporator.



11 y/o 5th gen. Not terribly impressed.

[mr_honez]

My 2013 RS blend door broke too, but the blend door on the 2011 SS donor car wasn't broken funnily enough. I put a new one in anyway when I was doing the conversion though and kept the old unbroken one for my spare parts bin. Found out that doing the blend door calibration is a must if you change or just disconnect the battery. Not hard to do if you have the right tool

[iceman_cars]

Yeah, it’s definitely not just you. I’ve seen quite a few posts about 5th gens needing evap/blend door work, and the labor cost is always the killer since everything’s buried.

[daktah]

Originally Posted by TheBrightSide

Where do you unplug it from again?

this motor in the drivers footwell, may need to remove the foot vent pipe if you cant yoga your way around it

Originally Posted by TheBrightSide

And you said that you max out the blend door on the max cold position, on the climate temp control?

yes

[RedRockMan]

It was already broken on a friend's 2012 when he bought it in 2020, and it happened to my 2015 last week - at 69,800 miles.

[RedRockMan]

Originally Posted by Moto-Mojo

Remember the late, great, "Not a 45?"* He said by 2015 they had resolved the issue. He had not worked on one from '15 on. I know that doesn't answer the question but I sleep a tad better at night!

*not exactly sure where and why he went. I PM'd him recently. Crickets...

My 2015 just broke at 69,800 miles.

[Moto-Mojo]

My 2015 ended up going at 8 years and low miles. (2023 @ like 40K at the time.) I spent 2.5 days on my back with the seat out. I went with the aluminum door. Hope to NEVER have to worry again. You guys with it 'stuck' in one position are lucky. Mine was busted in two and the door was lying on the vent box floor.

[mr_honez]

Originally Posted by Moto-Mojo

My 2015 ended up going at 8 years and low miles. (2023 @ like 40K at the time.) I spent 2.5 days on my back with the seat out. I went with the aluminum door. Hope to NEVER have to worry again. You guys with it 'stuck' in one position are lucky. Mine was busted in two and the door was lying on the vent box floor.


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Wish I saw that when I did my LT to SS conversion, thats awesome.