Rear hvac module discontinued. Can mine be repaired?

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Yeah I thought about grabbing one from the junk yard but didn't want to end up with another bad one. From what I understand this is a fairly common problem. That's why I asked if anyone knows how to repair them. Assuming its probably a component inside that goes bad and needs to be removed and a new one resoldered, or even just a solder joint that cracks and needs to be done again like with the gauge clusters.
 

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Yeah I thought about grabbing one from the junk yard but didn't want to end up with another bad one. From what I understand this is a fairly common problem. That's why I asked if anyone knows how to repair them. Assuming its probably a component inside that goes bad and needs to be removed and a new one resoldered, or even just a solder joint that cracks and needs to be done again like with the gauge clusters.
it's not that common, it happens but 99% of the time it is a bad actuator, I would guess that you would probably not find a bad one in the junkyard and if you did most yards give a 30 day warranty (exchange) anyway
 
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it's not that common, it happens but 99% of the time it is a bad actuator, I would guess that you would probably not find a bad one in the junkyard and if you did most yards give a 30 day warranty (exchange) anyway
I'll have to make sure before I buy one providing I need to go that route. Thank you
 

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Dorman 601-036. I do not have Tech2. The actuator is stuck on cold and won't move unless I power it manually with my power probe.

This seems to indicate that the module isn't getting the power, ground, or perhaps the signal from the overhead control to change.

If the truck has the AUTO controls, is it being commanded hot in AUTO, or by setting the control temp manually on the overhead control?
 

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Do not buy a Dorman rear climate control module! I bought one about 5yrs ago and it was hell. Every 3 days my battery was dead. After months and months of diag I put my gopro in the Tahoe (2 weeks straight in different places) and head the rear blower motor turning on. It would run for hours off and on. Through my work (18yrs as a UPS diesel mechanic) I met the Dorman rep. I told him about my issue and he said thousands of people had a problem with them. They were know to have a problem from a program issue. Just thought I would share that with you. I’m back in the same boat as you. I went to the junk yard and pulled one about 4 years ago and it went out a few months ago. I’m going to pull mine apart and see if I find any broken/cracked solder joints. Hopefully someone knows a fix on this as it’s been a problem since 2009. Gm even came out with a updated module and it didn’t fix anything.
 

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