What is this grill/vent?

[Rick T 2]

04 ST with premium sound system (6 CD not mp3)

What is this small vent/grill?

[Broken External Image]:

 

[Kerry Matthews]

It's for the climate control system found on Explorers, but the ST doesn't have it, so the vent is useless.

 

[MARVIN McINTYRE 2]

Gee, you would think that Ford would at least have their manufaturer void that vent on those dashboards that are going to the ST's. Oh well, I guess it was cheaper to just let them sit there like an extra useless finger on your hand! BTW< does anyone know if those same "useless :wacko:

vents" are somewhere the new 07 ST's?:wacko:

 

[Rick T 2]

Thanks Krash



now I can stop looking at it and scratching my head.

:blink:

 

[Richard Kolb]

That same vent was on my 95 Ranger and my 03 Ranger.

 

[Mike Wilson]

Use it for an aftermarket ventilation fan if you have a high-powered aftermarket audio

system, as I do! Put the little 12 v. fan behind the dash, right behind the grille, and it will

keep a 250 watt audio system/DVD player mighty cool!

(The type of fans you find, or put on your home computers!)

 

[Robert Poole]

The same dash was used in the 1995 to 2001 Explorer and still used in the Rangers. It is much more cost effective to use the same kind of dash for all vehicles. It is where the ETC on a high end Explorer would get its internal temp readings.



Y'all have a good one



Bob

 

[FlipTrac_511]

I swear that my 04 Audiophile head unit has a fan in it. After extensive use and when it's hot, I can clearly hear something whining in there. It stays on even after turning the headunit off. So maybe that little kidney-shaped vent has a use after all? Or not, as Robert Poole just explained what it was for.

 

[Travis Munday]

mrmayvn-

Since the '07 can come with automatic climate control, a similar vent isn't useless on those models. Of course, on models without automatic air conditioning, the vent is useless.