Mode Door Actuator
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Montego, 2005 Ford Freestyle, and 2005 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The mode door actuator:
- uses a cam setup to direct system airflow to the vehicle interior as determined by the climate control assembly.
- contains a reversible electric motor.
- contains a potentiometer. The potentiometer wiper is connected to the actuator output shaft and moves with the output shaft to indicate the position of the mode door.
- applies a 5-volt signal to one end of the potentiometer and ground to the other. The voltage available at the wiper indicates the position of the potentiometer. The expressed value of the actuator wiper voltage is sent to the EMTC module and is matched with an expected wiper voltage value. The EMTC module then drives the actuator motor in whichever direction is necessary to make the actuator wiper voltage agree with the expected EMTC module wiper voltage value.
The mode door actuator:
- uses a cam setup to position the 2 airflow mode doors to direct system airflow to the vehicle interior as determined by the dual-zone EATC module settings.
- contains a reversible electric motor.
- contains a potentiometer. The potentiometer wiper is connected to the actuator output shaft and moves with the output shaft to indicate the position of the mode door.
- applies a 5-volt signal to one end of the potentiometer and ground to the other. The voltage available at the wiper indicates the position of the potentiometer. The expressed value of the actuator wiper voltage is sent to the dual-zone EATC module and is matched with an expected wiper voltage value. The dual-zone EATC module then drives the actuator motor in whichever direction is necessary to make the actuator wiper voltage agree with the expected dual-zone EATC module wiper voltage value.