Temperature knob won't turn all the way (2010 M3)

[RCdemoral]

OK, so this was all my fault I know...


So I took the knobs off of the climate control (thought I needed to do it to take off the trim), and then I promptly put them back.

Now... the hot/cold knob won't turn all the way to the left anymore. It goes full turn to the right, but on the left it stops at about 9 o' clock. My temperatures are all messed up now - all the way to the right is still hot, but it starts being 'cold' at the 3 o'clock.

All the other knobs work fine... and I looks at the actual mechanism that moves with the knob and it seems to be moving the whole range of motion - even when I do it manually by hand.


sooooo... I've looked around and haven't seen anyone with this problem (although I know how to take out the ac control unit now if I wanted to, there's enough guides out there).


Thoughts?

[stock3]

Turn the knob all the way to heat until it stops at whatever position it stops now, remove the knob and put it back on 180 degrees from that position.

[Tozer]

the guy below me is gay

[CH0SiiN1]

:pop

[RCdemoral]

Hey man, thanks for the response!

OK so I did that - the knob only goes in 'one way' and won't go in fully to the 180 degree. It semi goes in at the "90' degrees, and still won't turn. I tried turning it by hand and even by pliers and it won't go further left.

Am I doing something wrong? I'm uploading a youtube video to show you - my internet is slow and another 30 minutes tho. Thanks again guys, any help is VERY appreciated :) (







Turn the knob all the way to heat until it stops at whatever position it stops now, remove the knob and put it back on 180 degrees from that position.

[RCdemoral]

OK, here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUK-JM-B510&feature=youtu.be


Halp!!

[RCdemoral]

Well, I called Mazda... and they're covering it under warranty :) Just need to open it up and adjust the knob mechanism thing. woop!

Super cool guys.