Cold/Warm Air Switch Wire Problem

[Henry.E]

Hi, I have a 2002 Protege LX. I noticed that there was no hot air coming when I switched the air temp to hot, instead it was cold air. So I dropped the glovebox and found that the wire that connects to the post that opens the blend door to let warm air flow has a black clamp which came off of the white plastic tab.

The issue I have is that when I get the clamp on the white plastic tab, the cable doesn't sit there naturallly so it doesn't really seem to work well. Does anyone have a good picture of where and how this black clamp holds the wire?

Appreciate your advise, I'll try to get pictures later today.

 

[Henry.E]

I managed to fix it. The cable wasn't routed correctly from the air temp switch and therefore didn't sit in the clamp in a natural position. I had to pull the cable, route it correctly and now it sits in the clamp and works just fine. Lots of work and swearing though haha!

 

[concept]

Strange. Are you the first owner? If not, my guess is that a previous owner misrouted the cable.

 

[Henry.E]

Yeah I'm not the first owner. Pretty weird that the cable was misrouted, but I'm glad I was able to get it fixed.