Originally Posted by Ryūkotsusei (Post 3454896)

Here is the problem in action.




2014 Monogram, auto.
Easy fix? This is above and to the left of the cabin filter.








Since purchasing the FRS, there was this sound as though a vent door was opening/closing behind the glove box roughly 30 seconds after turning off the engine. It got rougher with time as though whatever controls it started to fail. Eventually, I heard a clicking sound with the engine off. Now it's happening even when the engine is running.

Originally Posted by RZNT4R (Post 3454921)

Easy fix? Depends on if it's the actuator's that's skipping, or if the door is binding inside the air distribution unit.

Actuator fail often and they're usually easy to replace unless the engineer that designed the system decided to mount it behind the AC unit like I've seen done on cars from GM, Chrysler and Ford. If it's the air door, it's a dash removal.

Feel which actuator is skipping by touch, remove it, move the air door end to end with your fingers, if it doesn't bind, replace the actuator.

Originally Posted by sato (Post 3454942)

Looks like we have some work to do, and something that a dealer would simply just charge you $2000 to replace the whole system instead of finding what's wrong.

Originally Posted by Kauf (Post 3586239)

Anyone have the fix for this? I have this same sound going on.

Originally Posted by RZNT4R (Post 3454921)

Easy fix? Depends on if it's the actuator's that's skipping, or if the door is binding inside the air distribution unit.

Actuator fail often and they're usually easy to replace unless the engineer that designed the system decided to mount it behind the AC unit like I've seen done on cars from GM, Chrysler and Ford. If it's the air door, it's a dash removal.

Feel which actuator is skipping by touch, remove it, move the air door end to end with your fingers, if it doesn't bind, replace the actuator.

Originally Posted by Kauf (Post 3586239)

Anyone have the fix for this? I have this same sound going on.

Originally Posted by sato (Post 3454942)

Subscribed: I believe I've been recently hearing something similar from my 2014 Monogram (manual) also. Starting to think it could be related to the automatic A/C controls (what the BRZ limited has). However, my car is said/similar making noises like it was.on steroids... It has approx. 144k miles.

Looks like we have some work to do, and something that a dealer would simply just charge you $2000 to replace the whole system instead of finding what's wrong.

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Originally Posted by Chaetagnath (Post 2550480)

The one with the metal bracket (part number SU00302044) controls the direction of the airflow. It also requires this plastic piece, which should also come with it:

http://u.cubeupload.com/Chaetagnath/...7C43B3993D.jpg

Incidentally, The inside of the plastic housing if you take it off looks like this:

http://u.cubeupload.com/Chaetagnath/IMG2175.jpg

As you can see, each servo moves a little door independently which mixes heat/cold air. I don't know exactly what it looks like in the manual version, but somehow those two shafts must be connected, unless it is a single piece.

Originally Posted by humfrz (Post 3586722)

It's the crickets - it's mating season - :iono:

Originally Posted by Ryūkotsusei (Post 3587612)

Thank you!




I saw your notification. I actually ended up replacing SU003-02044 to fix this. RZNT4R's advice helped.




Also, correct. The dealership here quoted me $1,700. They wanted to remove the entire dash so who knows what else they'd mess up.




Found this from another thread for additional context:

Originally Posted by nick.cfrancis (Post 3609702)

@Ryūkotsusei did you need to pull the dash to replace the actuator SU003-02044 / 72131CA030 ?