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Fan not working

Post by janahan9 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:38 pm

Hi,

All my front vents have stopped blowing air. The rear vents, top of dash and windscreen vents are blowing air but not the vents towards your face. Anyone ever have a similar issue? Car only just turned 3 yrs old!

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Re: Fan not working

Post by janahan9 » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:45 pm

Wasn't working for 5 days after only doing short 15 min drives.Just done a 3hr drive , and tried it and it's now working fine. Did see somewhere that it could be due to low battery issues.

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Re: Fan not working

Post by janahan9 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:59 am

Tried it in the morning after being parked u for 15hrs- not working :(

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Re: Fan not working

Post by X5Sport » Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:45 pm

Try 'cycling' the air vent controls to force the air through different vents.  It could be a sticky vent, or a fan.

Is the a/c working properly in terms of temperature?

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Re: Fan not working

Post by janahan9 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:53 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
Try 'cycling' the air vent controls to force the air through different vents.  It could be a sticky vent, or a fan.

Is the a/c working properly in terms of temperature?

Richard
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Thanks for your reply. I understand what you mean - I hadn't thought of doing that. Will give it a go. Temperature wise, it seems fine.

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Re: Fan not working

Post by X5Sport » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:03 pm

Can you cycle the a/c down to its lowest (16C) and up to max (30 something C) and see if it's OK at the 'extremes'.  That will tell you whether you have enough gas or not.

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Re: Fan not working

Post by janahan9 » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:52 pm

The fan has now worked two days in a row, perfectly. Cycling through the temperatures also works. It's a mystery :)

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Re: Fan not working

Post by X5Sport » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:50 pm

:rant: :rant:
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