Blend air door removal and installation

Tiny
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  • 2015 GMC TERRAIN
  • 3.6L
  • V6
  • 4WD
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  • 92,191 MILES
Good afternoon guys, we have the vehicle listed above and had to remove and replace the Blend Air Door also called the HVAC Heater Blend Door. Could you give me the labor time for this job, including removal and replace the steering column? We looked it up and it said 8 hours but doesn't include the steering col. Etc. Thanks a ton! (It's #21 in the diagram).
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 AT 8:41 AM

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Tiny
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We may have some disconnect on this one. I am only showing the blend door on the passenger side and I attached that info. If you are having to remove the steering column then I assume you have dual temp control but I am not showing that as an option.

Can you give me the trim level of this as well? Is it a SLT, SLE, etc?

Also, confirm for me that it is dual temperature and then can you see if you can attach the diagram that you referenced?
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 AT 1:22 PM
Tiny
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It's an SLT, here's the VIN 2GKFLXE34F6233249.
If that helps, and it is not dual temperature, just a dual pain in the bottom. ;) Thanks so much for your help! What would I do with out you all! (Googling for hours!)
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 AT 1:26 PM
Tiny
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So the attachments look to be for door actuator, we had a 1 and a million chance of the actual Blend air door (#17 in the GM diagram)[think my WorldPac diagram didn't load before, but both are here now, ] that broke so the entire dash and steering column had to come out. Every little nut n bolt (smh) funny enough originally they sent us the part your diagrams about. This is a 5x1x.5"ish ob-rectangular piece of plastic with rubber around it that I think the actuator moves back and forth, but for whatever reasoning the blend air door got stuck and the hinge snapped. Mfp for part is 15-51263 Can't thank you enough for your time and patience with me. :)
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 AT 1:43 PM
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If this is a stumper, perhaps, if you could send the labor on the heater core, that will get me close to where I need. ;)
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 AT 3:12 PM
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Oh. I think I misunderstood you.

You want the time for the door itself not the actuator. That explains a lot.

That is not what people normally ask for so I didn't even think that you wanted the actual door.

I had to go to Mitchell to get this as Alldata doesn't even list a time for the doors.

However, it looks like you are around 6.6 hours for it. AllData shows 10.7 for heater core but that is going to include the time for draining and refilling the coolant so you are in the ball park of 7 hours for this one.

Sorry for the confusion. Please let me know if you have questions. Thanks
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 AT 7:03 PM
Tiny
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Yea, when I was calling around for the part, everyone was confused, that's why I have both diagrams. It was a total fluke that the door broke. Even after confirming the part with the part number with an actual GM dealer, they still overrode it and brought the actuator. Thanks again for your help.
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 AT 6:40 AM
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Haha. Yeah because clearly everybody knows better then you about what you need. :)

Talk to you next time.
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 AT 8:39 AM

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