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Floppy aircon vent

Postby Anhevius » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:18 pm

On my Lancer, the driver's side outer vent (between the wheel and door), is floppy along the vertical axis. If I tilt it down, vibration or a bump will cause it to jump to pointing up.

Is it hard to get to that vent (IE, removing the entire dash assembly), and can I fix it without getting a new vent insert?

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Postby himynameisdaniel » Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:52 pm

try to get it done under the cars 5 year comprehensive warranty.

otherwise i believe adding a very small amount of weight helps.
I have this issue occurring for me now after 5 years. will attempt a small weight before i disassemble the whole dash

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Postby Jason-VR » Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:04 am

You can pull the vent out without pulling all the dash out. I did mine several years ago but can't remember how. Mitsubishi replaced my vent under warranty but it didn't change. It's a design fault.
The only way I suggest you will fix it is pull it apart and some how get more friction between the pins and slots.

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Postby Anhevius » Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:34 am

Sadly, I don't have that warranty, it's a 2009 model.

I'll figure out how to take it apart, and wrap the pins in felt or velvet. It's what I've done with older cars that had similar problems when I was restoring them.

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Postby Lancer1993 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:49 am

I have the same issue plus the passenger side one is not sitting right and needs to be removed to see is it needs replacing or can be fixed.

How do you remove the vent on the left side near the door?
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Postby Anhevius » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:22 pm

I will let you know tomorrow, gonna try to take mine out to fiddle with it...if it's easy. If not, it's gonna wait for a while.

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Postby Lancer1993 » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:33 pm

Thanks. take some pics if you can.
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Postby Dire » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:49 pm

Common problem, my 09 CJ was doing it after ~1 year (it was always parked in the sun so I guess that didn't help).

Like others have said, even if you got it replaced it would come back eventually, so maybe bodging it might be the way to go? :P
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Postby Lancer1993 » Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:15 pm

You would think after 8 years on the market someone at Mitsy R&D would have come up with a build change to make them 'stick' better in the place you want.
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