# Ford Focus Air Vent Directional Control

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-focus-air-vent-directional-control/6950>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 6, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-focus-air-vent-directional-control/6950 "2007-11-06T21:15:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xx75vulcan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f4b2a3/32.png) [@xx75vulcan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/xx75vulcan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-focus-air-vent-directional-control/6950/1 "2007-11-06T21:15:47Z")

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Having difficulty getting the air vent directional control knob to turn on my ford focus. I pulled the knob and cable from behind the dash and it appears to move freely when it’s not attached to the air ducts themselves. I tried manually turning the knob protruding from the side of the air ducts, and it doesn’t appear to budge. Any advice? Anyone experience this and know what the solution is?

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**Author:** ![ses5spd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@ses5spd](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ses5spd)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-focus-air-vent-directional-control/6950/2 "2007-11-07T03:03:12Z")

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A foreign object (pencil, for instance) might have fallen down one of the vents. Depending on where it lodges, it can block the motion of the internal flaps/doors that direct the flow of air. Have seen it happen. HTH