In Car Heater

[bhbobhill]

The heater control has become faulty. On turning the control it ceases to operate, for a few weeks to control the fan speed I have had to depress the the control in so obviously the unit is faulty. Qustion is are there any quick fixes and secondly if not how do I attack its removal and replacement.

Mk2 1.9 diesel on 52 plate manual. Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards

Bob Hill

[dlt1617]

Hi Bob

 

if yours has the basic heater set up with the three knobs and the a/c, rear heater and recicultate buttons underneath (like mine so not being snobby!) it's very simple the rectangular surround around the Knobs and buttons is only clipped on, if you gentley put something flat between the surround and the dash you can lever it of just work your way around until fully released.

Disconnect your battery - Make sure you have your radio code!

The heater panel is held in with a screw in each corner, there are three connectors on the back, two of them have a release tab that you just press to release, the other has a clip which you pull from the one end and it pivots and as the clip swings around the plug moves upwards and releases.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Best wishes

 

Dave

[bhbobhill]

Hi Dave

Thanks for that, it doesn't sound as bad as I thought. Will have a go at it later today.

Many thanks

Bob hill

[djenigma]

Hi im new to this forum and im having the same problem, I have the 3 knob control unit which wont light up and wont change the direction of air flow. As i like to learn i have disconnected the complete unit and turned the ignition on , then off re-connected the unit and still nothing??? . Even the contol button for the a/c and rear heating isnt lighting up or working. Any other options would be apprieciated as its freezing and i have no heating what so ever. Regards Paul.