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Old Jan 6, 2024 | 09:25 PM
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Default Rogue Heater Box Repair

I have the fix coming soon!
Edit: sorry for the weird characters. They aren't there in editing mode so I can't fix them...
I copied this from another post. I'm sitting in a potato truck freezing and my fingers aren't working very good so I don't want to type it out again.🤣
My mom has a Nissan Rogue and the heater quit on it. Also I have a customer whose daughter had the same problem on a Rogue. I realized it was a pattern failure and worked until I could make a solution to save them money. I ended up creating a permanent fix and I wanted to get the word out. I just couldn't charge them $2500 to $3000 to fix something so simple. Well I thought it was simple🤣took me a year and a 1/2 to figure out a permanent solution.


[size=14px]Hey everyone I am new here but not new to cars. I am an ASE Master Certified auto repair ahop owner. I have a fix for the Nissan Rogue 2014 to 2019 heater box![/size]
[size=14px]If you're not familiar on the second generation Nissan Rogue the door that switches from hot to cold on the driver side develops two cracks and then eventully strips out. Then it will be stuck on hot or cold. The repair is to take it to a Nissan dealer and get the entire box replaced for somewhere around $3,000. I have seen a lot of these that are currently operating normally and every single one except for one has the cracks already formed.[/size]
[size=14px]I have been working on a solution for about a year and a half now. (With several falures&#128517. I think I will have my full scale prototype up and running next week. I have a test heater box set up that I can test it with. If it runs through 10,000 Cycles of hot to cold I think it will be good to go.[/size]
[size=14px]I am a shop owner so it is geared more towards shops and repair techs. But it is simple-anyone can do it! A support piece is added to the heater box and the gear in the heater door actuator motor is swapped out. Super easy. With my kit the vehicle is returned to a close to stock condition. Everything mounts and looks like factory.[/size]

[size=14px]It is my belief that the heater door has a manufacturing defect and destroys itself. I don't want to say bad things about any company but I have some observational experience with these parts.[/size]

[size=14px]Those heater doors are made out of a high quality polypropylene plastic for cold and hot temperature strength and rigidity. As a result they happen to be very much chemical resistant. Almost no glue will stick to them. And the couple glues that do don't work very well to get inside that 19 mm deep bore where the crack is. I have tested so many adhesives![/size]
[size=14px]I have one adhesive set up that I use that works amazing. I have glued polyethylene plastic to one of those heater doors with my system and it held 120 lbs no problem. 120 lbs was my test limit so who knows how strong it really is. But that is tensile strength. I also measured torsional strength which is twisting or turning.[/size]
[size=14px]Those motors only put out 8 inch pounds of turning torque. I glued a small 3/8 inch plastic nut to one of those doors using only the surface area on one face of the nut. I measured 77 inch pounds in torque before separating. Some of polypropylene broke off the door too which is amazing! So the adhesive is definitely strong enough. Measuring the torsional strength of the adhesive that way I believe that that door can be reinforced effectively and be much stronger than factory.[/size]

[size=14px]I believe this is a permanent solution. Also if installed on a vehicle that hasn't broke yet it will be even stronger because the cracks have not started to form yet and will virtually not be able to form.[/size]
[size=14px]Wish I could give more details now but I'm still working everything out. I think I will be up and running in about 8 weeks![/size]

[size=14px]Thanks all! [/size]

Actual heater door removed

Heater box with cracks in heater door
 

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Old Sep 10, 2024 | 04:21 PM
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Patented Gear and repair Insert

Rogue Heater FixTM repair kit. Just add a couple hand tools and some cleaner and you have everything you need to fix your Nissan Rogue!

Hey everyone I FINALLY am up and running with my patented Nissan Rogue Heater FixTM kits! My biggest hurdle was getting the gear made properly through injection molding. Injection molding is very very strong. I have two Nissan Rogues- that had the heater door bore totally destroyed all the way to the end- that are now working with my kit! I have a test heater box that I set up and ran 171,000 cycles with no wear on the gear or heater door repair insert! Itt went so long that the clicker counter finally wore out and it stopped counting which is totally cool. I am guessing that 171,000 cycles is more than 50 years of driving!

Check out the website! renegadesolutionscompany.com
Check out the youtube video to find out more:

If your Nissan Rogue heater is stuck on one temperature and will adjust it is likely this problem with the heater box. It is very expensive at the dealer to repair and could likely break again. Message me from the website if you have any questions!

**just a note. Renegade Solutions Company LLC is not affiliated with Nissan Corporation or its affiliates. Nissan Corporation has not authorized this repair kit.
 

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