Why are the center vents on my 107 not working?
#3 Center Vents Don’t Open or Stay Open. If you own a late-model 107 that uses vacuum actuators to operate the air distribution flaps, then you have probably experienced loss of function of the center vents (among other air distribution problems).
How often do Mercedes Benz 450SL AC units fail?
Except for the servo units in the automatic climate-control systems of the 1977-1980 450SLs, which seem to fail every three years, the air conditioners don’t break particularly often. “They just don’t cool well”.
Why is my heat not working on my Mercedes 107?
There are a number of reasons that the heat system, air conditioning and climate control fail or just don’t work well on the Mercedes 107 series models, while there are multiple issues that occur to create these problems, there are some affordable solutions to their repair and here are some main reasons and their solutions.
Why are the vents on my Corvette breaking off?
It is common for the ports to break off as they become brittle due to age and temperature, when that happens the system defaults to defrost mode for safety reasons. In the pictures below the valve is the black and white plastic piece with three hoses attached, yours may look slightly different.
Why does air blow through the defrost vents?
When you place the Climate into AUTO it opens the center flap and a refresh/recirc flap, but the refresh/recirc flap closes after a min, that’s why you get air through the center vent for a min while you center flap is stuck closed.
How to open the vents on a Mercedes Benz?
cheap fix for now… remove the under dash on the passenger side – you will see two bellows in the console, pull the one closest to the firewall toward the passenger side, then pull down, this will manually open the dash vents. disconnect the vacuum line from the bellow and cap it. this will give you dash AC until you remove the dash.
Which is the defrost position on a Mercedes Benz?
Usually, the default, no vacuum position is the defrost position. My guess would be it’s the vac reservoir that was described previously. I just repaired my center vent problem this weekend and what a PITA it was. Zade Faraj’s link With this post helped me start off.
Why does my C280 blow air from the vents?
My C280 seems to have developed a bad actuator motor MB calls it a stepper motor in the plumbing vent work. All air blows from defrost and side vents.