Tower,
>>>>>>>> I was commenting on the dealer price for a simple job.>>>>>>>>
Nuts aren't they?
>>>>>>>>>>I will say that many times aftermarket parts are far superior to factory ones.>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I've heard the same with certain parts of a vehicle,that after markets are made better, but most the posts I've read in here on these actuators prefer the exact Ford part.
>>>>>>>>>>I took the factory one apart and the also the replacement one, both are cheap plastic gears, no doubt if I still have this in anther 8 years or so I will be replacing it again.>>>>>>>>>
Thats the problem with these cheaply made parts, you don't want to have to do this repair again, nor should anyone have to.
>>>>>I would like to see them do a recall for the more expensive harder to fix things like the rear end, transmission, rear springs, shifter lever and so on.>>>>>>>>>
I'll agree with that but like I said earlier, $670 +tax to fix a lousy blend door actuator is an expensive, harder fix to the average vehicle owner. Not many people/vehicle owners will attempt to pull a dashboard apart. It can be overwhelming and they will be afraid they will damage something else under there pulling it apart. The dealership also gave me the repair price for the blend door box, just in case it was bad, it's not-yet. They wanted $400 for the box and $620 in labor or $1100 with tax. Thats a lot of money for such a simple part that should never go bad in the first place. I can only imagine how much they want to fix the "air recirculation door", which I just found out mine is also bad and blocking the flow of air through the heater box for the defroster. They should recall the whole damn vehicle and start building "quality parts and back them up" for the vehicles they make and sell for top dollar.
It took me about 1 hr to do the job and the part was like $30 at the local NAPA.
