98 forester 2.5 auto.

Just got it and the knob to adjust from heat to defrost and a/c wouldn't move.

Took a look at the diagrams at opposing forces, took a look under the dash and all of the levers move except the one labeled #15 which looks like it controls #21.

This is on illustration 2 of the /climate/heater system if you want to take a look at it.

#15 is the link foot.

#21 is the door assembly foot.

Seems like the problem might be something blocking the door from moving.

Took a bit of the dash stuff off to get in there but can't see any way to get to the door itself with out taking the heater box out.

Can't get the black diverter out of the way to be able to reach up in that area.

 

Any ideas guys?

Anyone have to pull one of these out?

 

Hush

Don't know how similar the Forester HVAC controls are to my 98 OBW. I gotta think similar. I had similar trouble, so I replaced the dash board control unit. That solved my problem.