07-12-2012, 01:47 PM
Hi
Since I got the car the blower has always been noisy (tappy like the blades are catching something) and fairly poor at supplying air tbh. The air didnt really get into the footwell, my feet always seem to be cold in this car lol, but I manned up and put up with it. And I always keep it set on windscreen/feet as I hate it blowing at my face before anyone tells me my knob is in the wrong place.
Anyway at some point today or yesterday the blower stopped completely - I hadn't noticed as the stereo was on lol. But it was steaming up and didnt feel particularly warm in the car after a good half hour drive - checked the vents and muted the stereo and realised the blower had stopped altogether, great! Had been on auto since I got the car but nothing on manual speed either.
Went over a cobbled road in town and it started again lol 'taptaptaptap' thought I was driving a GTi.....
Anyway, parked up, walked round getting wet and cold for half an hour and when i got back to the car the motor had stopped again, hasn't come back on since. Had to drive at 80 to get the warm air to blow through.... 
So I know thats a long way of putting 'the blowers f*cked' but I cant work out why it would stop and start like that? I don't want to replace the blower motor if the same would happen with another?
So what should I be checking? Or does anyone know exactly whats wrong with it from the desription?
Cheers
Tom
Since I got the car the blower has always been noisy (tappy like the blades are catching something) and fairly poor at supplying air tbh. The air didnt really get into the footwell, my feet always seem to be cold in this car lol, but I manned up and put up with it. And I always keep it set on windscreen/feet as I hate it blowing at my face before anyone tells me my knob is in the wrong place.
Anyway at some point today or yesterday the blower stopped completely - I hadn't noticed as the stereo was on lol. But it was steaming up and didnt feel particularly warm in the car after a good half hour drive - checked the vents and muted the stereo and realised the blower had stopped altogether, great! Had been on auto since I got the car but nothing on manual speed either.
Went over a cobbled road in town and it started again lol 'taptaptaptap' thought I was driving a GTi.....
Anyway, parked up, walked round getting wet and cold for half an hour and when i got back to the car the motor had stopped again, hasn't come back on since. Had to drive at 80 to get the warm air to blow through.... So I know thats a long way of putting 'the blowers f*cked' but I cant work out why it would stop and start like that? I don't want to replace the blower motor if the same would happen with another?
So what should I be checking? Or does anyone know exactly whats wrong with it from the desription?
Cheers
Tom