Hi everyone,
I have a 99 Accord EX V6 with 98,000 miles.
I also have an intermittent rattling or rustling sound coming from the air mix control motor, which lives in the passenger footwell opposite the blower motor. The rattle is not bad, but 1) it's annoying and 2) if it's the sound that they make just before they catch on fire, I want to replace it now as opposed to wishing I had before the fire . . . . I really like this car.
If this sound is just normal, or if it happens, say, only in high humidity, then I can live with it a while, even though it's almost always humid here.
My questions:
1) What does this air mix control motor do, exactly?
2) What would cause the rattling sound?
3) Any thoughts about any of this?
Thanks,
EZMiles
PS If you're wondering how I know it's the air mix control motor:
1) When it's rattling (or whatever), I can feel the thing rattling when I grab on to it.
2) There's a wire harness plugged into it with the right number and colors of wires to match the air mix control motor in the wiring diagram in the Haynes. Believe me, I looked everywhere else for what this thing is!
3) If you're not wondering how I know it's the air mix control motor, why'd you read all the way down here?!
Thanks again,
EZ