Re: 406 heater clicking
Bob Minchin
> My 97 406 has developed an irregular click behind the glove
> compartment. How hard is that to fix?
>
It is one of the heater control flap motors. Either the temperature
control one or the re-circulate flap. One of the gears has stripped and
they are not repairable. The circuitry senses the end of travel simple
by the rise in motor current leaving the gear train under tension and
eventually it strips. Absolute crap design!.
I just cut the wire to mine to shut it up on my 405. Motors are
expensive so you might want to do the same!
Bob
Keith W
"Bob Minchin" <nos...@falseaddress.com> wrote in message
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It is the recirculating flap motor and the fault is exactly as Bob
describes. I had the identical (very common) problem on my 1999 406. The
replacement motor is expensive (�120) for the earlier models and not much
cheaper on the later ones. I removed the grill below the windscreen wipers
which enables you to see the flap. I did this to ensure it was in the open
position. The motor can be removed but you have to lay in the most
uncomfortable position imaginable in the passenger foot well and remove the
glovebox and the demisting pipes to get to it. My son-in-law did that bit
and managed to remove the motor. After finding out the cost of replacement
I decided to simply leave it off. You could of course achieve the same
result by disconnecting the cables from it if you are not inclined to fork
out for a replacement. I have been running the car for several years with
the flap permanently open and only on a very few occasions, when finding
myself behind elderly oil burning Fiestas (usually G reg) have I regretted
it.
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Keith W
Sunbury on Thames
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)
Bob Minchin
> My 97 406 has developed an irregular click behind the glove
> compartment. How hard is that to fix?
>
Cheers
Bob (m)
BobC
would never do to put it off till January! That's what comes from
looking at the calendar with undue care.
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BobC