[Spooner]

I'm not sure where to post this, since it's an interior R&R question and not racing-related, so I figured I'd give it a shot here.

The HVAC fan in my car makes a huge racket/buzzing noise, as if it's hitting against something. Does anyone have tech on how to access and or dissasemble the fan so as to investigate such a noise? (All while taking as little of the dash apart as possible.)

It looks like the fan is on the passenger side, up underneath the glove box. I'm hoping that means it's not a total nightmare to access.

I searched and found a John D. thread to be very helpful in terms of visualizing the job. But I wasn't able to find anything that specifically addresses how to get at the fan in a full interior car.

I was happy ignoring the noise at first, but it's gotten progressively louder. Now I can't run it at all without it making a racket. Ugh....

Thanks in advance,

-John

[John_D.]

There are 3 screws holding it to the heater box. Once you've taken the bottom panel off the dash you should be able to just push some wires out of the way and take the screws out, and the motor/fan will drop straight down.

Sometimes leaves/junk can get through the cowl and into the fresh air intake, which is right over the squirrel cage fan.

With the a/c switch set to max (recirculate), the fresh air flapper will flip over to pull inside air. Then you can reach in from the top and see if you feel anything stuffed in there.

(I'd unplug the fan first, so it's not spinning when you reach in...)