Recirculation vent won't close all the way

Hello everyone,

tried searching on here but didnt find too many solutions to my issue. everytime i press my air recirculation button to "on" i still feel a draft coming through the vents even with the fan off. has anyone had this issue before or know how to fix it? i read another thread where the OP experienced the same problem but didnt check back in with a solution. Hopefully someone can help! Thanks!

 

on my 2012 it keeps popping open after few seconds. won't do it every time, but it takes 4-5 times of me closing it til it will stay that way....lame

 

lame indeed! at least yours closes... mine stays cracked open... ugh.

 

I had the same issue.
I needed to disconnect my battery to remove my seats and when I reconected the battery I haven't had a problem since.
Just a thought.

 

I always have air coming through the vents in my '01 no matter how I set it. I think it's just normal for them to do it. It will stop air in the middle vents but the side vents still will have air flow through them even if I turn them to the closed position.

 

Weird ! No idea if it's stuck open or what. My vents will stay open on whatever direction setting I leave them on, so I'm guessing it's the main vent door. No idea how unplugging the battery would work but knowing my luck it won't do anything , haha! We'll see how we get to the bottom of this, I see this being an issue in the summer...

 

anyone else have issues with this?

 

Op is first gen do we have this feature?

 

My 12 does this I keep it set for the floor but it always comes out the vents as well kinda sucks but whatever

 

My 05 started making a popping noise When the vent would close also after a few years. Turned out the motor that controls the vent was bad, gears were stripped inside it. It's located behind the glove box. Picked up a new motor, no problems since.

 

Explains why its in the 2nd Gen section.

 

oops! should update my profile, just got rid of my 1st gen with 330k on the clock for an 07 Thanks for the updates! ill double check the manual! hoping it isnt' the gears.

 

ah!