Front Blowers Not Working

[boffa]

51 Plate 1.9 TDI Ghia with climate control. Yesterday the Mrs smelt an electrical burning smell in the car, and the climate control started flashing. She was almost home, so parked a fair distance from any houses and walked the rest of the way in case it burst into flames. When I checked it out, there was a funny smell, more like electrical equipment overheating, not burning. I ran through the climate control, which seemed to be working ok, but noticed when I turned the front blowers on full, the 2 outside vents (nearest the front side windows) were really strong, while the middle 3 vents were hardly working at all. I removed the climate control unit and the smell seemed to be coming from the unit. Is it possible for the unit to be the cause of the problem, IE, limit the airflow to the centre vents only? I notice that Ebay is full of units for about

[chromedome]

It's normally the resistor pack or "hedgehog" that gives fan problems and are known to burn out.

 

If you remove the glove box and look to the right you will see a red or green component fixed to the heater ducting. This is the "hedgehog". If I remember it's only held on with one screw. With it removed you can normally see any damage or burning they may have happened. People have managed to repair it but it depends on the amount of damage. I think they are about

Edited October 7, 2014 by chromedome

[boffa]

Ah, that sounds promising, hopefully that's what it is....Thanks

[boffa]

I got around to sorting this out. My "Hedgehog" is the red type and costs