['01 Stuck Air Flow Control Knob]

Thanks Ferrari Owner!

 

I just purchased an '01 Pathfinder in great condition and 2 days later the knob got stuck. I removed the dash and sure enough the arm was blocked. It fixed the problem. Thank you!

 

JB

Huh, weird, I was under the impression that all 01's were free of the early Gen, ZENKI stuff, but I guess not.

Anyway, pull the radio bezel off, on the early dashboards there are two screws at the bottom of the bezel, and then the rest is held in with pop clasps, I have found it best to grab right between the front vents on the top of the bezel and give a nice smooth jerk and the whole thing should pop off. Disconnect the wires for the misc switches, and then start pulling the radio, it's just four screws.

Once that's out of the way, look toward the bottom left of the opening where the radio was. You're looking for a small, yellow, tan ish arm (move the vent select to help find it easier) and look for any obstruction in the arms range of motion. That's generally what caused my issues.

Again, that's how to do it for the early model dashboard. The one with two symmetrical vents in the radio bezel, if you have a triangular shape for the vents (maybe with a clock on the middle) then you have the newer style dash and I don't know to take that one apart, if it's different.

Hope that helps

-Kyle