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i thought i remember hearing something about it being a recall thing wasn't it? cuz my old one and like every person i talked to that had an 04 lancer had that same problem...i would just kinda turn a little, let off pressure and turn some more and repeat lol

 

Mine is near impossible to get pass the half way mark... Good thing I only change it back and forth a few times a year

 

that happened to my old 04 RA (before it was totalled by drunk driver), probably at about 50,000 miles. it was a problem since the day i bought the car though. on the new (used) 04 RA i got, the knob turns very easy even when its cold out. -bandy

 

did u ever figure it out, if not contact WalpoleMitsu, the guy I got mine from, or look for one around the fs forums, just got my new one took 6 days to get so not bad just in time for the cold weather here

 

Theres's no recall but there's a tsb on it. Lancer 03 to 06. All models. The cable isn't the problem. To fix this problem it takes around 4 hours to do it. (3 or less if you know a lot lancer dash...) You have to remove completly the dash and put off the car the white ventilation box. You need to separate it in two pieces. You have to change the ''rolling door' that change the wind direction. In an other reply, I will write all the part number you need to do it with prices.

 

ok I got the new one in now but now I have the "tight" cable thing or as he says above
as when I try to move from cold to hot or vice versa it has a very hard time transfering

 

No, I never did get the problem fixed yet. It was a pain in the fall because I live in Washington and our weather changes every minute...

If you can get the part numbers that'd be great. Mine is also an 04 and once I went past half way towards the cold side, it wouldnt want to go back.

 

bump for more information. mine broke this morning thanks mitsu wonderful quality...

 

Here is the TSB https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=316844

 

The weather is pretty constant here. Its cold and rainy...what changes?

Posted a link for the tsb above ^^^

 

Thanks for reminding me that I need to get under the dash and spray some lithium grease on my clim. control cable.

 

yeah, the tsb says it's not the issue though. I am gonna try to get the service manager to honor the warranty for this TSB 3500 miles out of warranty.

thanks russellm, I appreciate that information very much! I was hoping to get someone to tell me a quick way to get this ****er back to heat too though, it was 28* (yeah, not like MI but still too ****in' cold without heat) this morning and the 25 minute ride to work about gave my little fingers frostbite not to mention the ice on the ****in' windows because I had no heat to defrost the car

 

ohhoho! it's not broken, but it won't move when it's that cold. the cable is flexing too much to move it when it's warmed up, it still only went all the way to hot two or three times out of 50

 

Went to the dealership last week to see how much they would charge to fix this.... They quoted me $682!!! I think I'm going to order the parts from that TSB and try to replace it myself.