Center Vent Not Holding Position

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by mig1980, Aug 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM.

  1. mig1980

    mig1980 Junior Member

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    Good day everyone. Today noticed that the center dash vent (on the driver's side) is no longer holding position. If I adjusted it to the middle, it just flaps up. I can get it to stay (sort of) but with road vibrations, it again flaps up. Images below.

    Is there a fix for this?

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    #1 mig1980, Aug 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
  2. Tombukt2

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    It's called goop in a tube strategically placed a few dots will hold vent wer you aim and put dots of the stuff not heavy you shouldn't see it wen done . Get it right once it stuck you have to break seal and roll up to get it to glop around again . Or junkyard .
     
    #2 Tombukt2, Aug 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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    When my gen 1 was doing that I waited till I had the center dash out for another reason, and I cut a couple slivers off a thin rubber sheet and stuck them in the grooves where the vanes pivoted. It worked nicely.
     
    #3 ChapmanF, Aug 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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