My 06 3.0 temperature wheel is sticking, I have tons of play in either direction and when I feel resistance its only for a short time and it feels like the valve is sticking. So the air never gets hot or really cold.

I was able to mess with it one time out of 50 and I got the valve to move enough for heat and worked great, got warm so I had to move it back and now I cant get heat.

Any known issues? I lubed the wheel nothing...I remove the radio so see if I can see a cable and it's all enclosed in a separate unit not accessible. I was pulling on the vents to remove them and they do not budge.

Has anyone had first hand experience with this ?

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