Skip to main content
Your vehicle. Better to drive.Help Center U.S. technical support

F-Series temperature-knob alignment

Help Center

Temperature-knob alignment: 2015–2022 F-Series

This procedure applies to affected conversions using the control-panel mechanism pictured below. If the temperature knob is misaligned or will not activate Max A/C or Max Defrost after transferring your original button pack, check the gear alignment.

Incorrect: gear and circuit-board holes do not line up. Correct: rotate the large gear to align the holes with the temperature knob centered.
Incorrect and correct gear alignment. Select the image to enlarge.

Align the gear

  1. Remove the back cover from the bezel, following your kit’s disassembly instructions.
  2. Rotate the temperature knob to its center position, with its mark pointing straight up between hot and cold.
  3. Lift the large gear on the circuit board just enough to rotate it without moving the small gear.
  4. Align the hole in the large gear with the hole in the circuit board, as shown in the aligned photo.
  5. Press the large gear back into place so it meshes with the small gear, then reassemble the bezel.

If your mechanism does not match the photos, or alignment does not resolve the issue, contact us with your vehicle and kit details.