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Old 06-18-15, 03:19 PM
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Noticed my AC is only blowing cold on the driver side, passenger side is just blowing outside temp it seems like, both sides blow fine, just seems to only get cold on my side, would this be a servo, and what would I expect to pay to fix that?
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Servo for sure. I think they range from around 160-200...however you can more than likely get a used one for a fraction of the cost. I think I remember seeing a thread where someone repaired their servo by themselves. If I can find it I'll shoot it your way but I bet another member here knows exactly what I'm talking about and where it is lol.
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Yeah, I did see a couple of the diy links, idk it looks a bit past my comfort zone, I'm wondering how much the dealer would charge, I'd maybe give it a go if it were really expensive
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Can anyone tell me which of the servos would be the one at fault in my case, I know there are multiple motors

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Old 06-18-15, 08:39 PM
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No sure about Lexus, but the same thing has happened when my m3 was low on freon. Before you spend money on any possible faulty parts, check the freon.
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Since your drivers side is blowing cold and there is only one a/c evaporator for the GS, your freon would be good.

The thread you need is this one.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...vo-motors.html

and the picture you are looking for is in post 409. It the the bottom black servo box with the two yellow wires going into the plug.
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I would suggested getting a new one if you can afford to do so. It's a pain getting that thing in. I put mine in but I don't care to do it again anytime soon
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I can tell you my local dealer quoted me $900 p&l to replace one servo that's clicking after which I asked where they kept the lube.

It does seem a little labor intensive if you aren't thusly inclined, I have a mechanic buddy who's quoted me like $125 labor and I'm getting the parts from a CL vendor (SUPRATRD) for about 1/2 of what the dealer quoted.

There's a guy parting out GS in the classifieds too, but I'm just leery of spending on used parts not knowing how long they'll last.
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There is diy on here I followed that to replace mine. Glad mine went out in the winter because there summer heat in NC is brutal.the hardest part for me was putting the screw back in the servo. The fact I had to hang up side down to do it didn't help
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$900?? Geez that's steep, it honestly doesn't look that bad to do, I can't imagine it would take a tech more than an hour or two to do, do you know which of the two I would need, because there's two separate servos on the passenger side, I think I'll give it a try, as long as there's nothing that's easy to break in there
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