# 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 air doesn’t come out on floor

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, silverado1500\
**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566 "2020-02-15T19:36:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![GregGurwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@GregGurwell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GregGurwell)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566/1 "2020-02-15T19:36:48Z")

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Air does not come out on floor

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566/2 "2020-02-15T22:38:36Z")

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Failed blend door actuator.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566/3 "2020-02-17T06:08:59Z")

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> [@Purebred](#):
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> Failed blend door actuator.

Nope

The blend door actuator is for temperature control

If anything, the mode door actuator may be at fault

however . . . if op managed to somehow drop a few pens, paper clips, etc. into the plenum, that could prevent the mode door from having full range of travel

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566/4 "2020-02-17T11:07:46Z")

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You are correct, I should have just said one of the HVAC system actuators has failed.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566/5 "2020-02-17T15:29:16Z")

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I just noticed something . . . on Rockauto, at least

They refer to all of the hvac actuator motors as “blend door actuators” . . . but then in the description, it states what they individually control

I could see somebody ordering the incorrect part, if they don’t carefully read the “fine print”

I brought this up, because this isn’t the first time I’ve heard other people refer to any and/or all of the hvac actuators as “blend door actuators”

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-chevrolet-silverado-1500-air-doesn-t-come-out-on-floor/158566/6 "2020-02-17T19:24:23Z")

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Actually it’s the mode door actuator.