ghh97eb
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- October 18, 2005
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- Staunton, Virginia, USA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2010 BMW 328xi
Hello,
Once again the Serious Explorations site has proved to be very, very valuable in helping me fix a problem with my '97 Eddie Bauer AWD V8 5.0, this time, with the HVAC system. By posting this message, I'm hoping to help the next person that experiences the problem do an easy fix that I wouldn't have been able to do without getting info from a bunch of other posts on this site.
Here's a description of the problem I experienced: A few days before my wife and I were leaving to go to the beach in NC, my Explorer developed a constant, regular "clicking" noise that seemed to me to be coming from somewhere behind the glove box. The clicking would start whenever I turned the truck on and would only stop when I turned the truck off. It did not matter what temperature I had the electronic climate controls (EATC) set at, or what speed I set the fan on, the "click-click-click" noise continued at the same pace.
The problem turned out to be the blend door motor / actuator (not the blend door itself). I've attached a write up of how I fixed the problem, with some pictures and diagrams, in the hope that it might help someone else that has a similar problem.
View attachment Blend door motor fix.doc
-ghh97eb :exp:
Once again the Serious Explorations site has proved to be very, very valuable in helping me fix a problem with my '97 Eddie Bauer AWD V8 5.0, this time, with the HVAC system. By posting this message, I'm hoping to help the next person that experiences the problem do an easy fix that I wouldn't have been able to do without getting info from a bunch of other posts on this site.
Here's a description of the problem I experienced: A few days before my wife and I were leaving to go to the beach in NC, my Explorer developed a constant, regular "clicking" noise that seemed to me to be coming from somewhere behind the glove box. The clicking would start whenever I turned the truck on and would only stop when I turned the truck off. It did not matter what temperature I had the electronic climate controls (EATC) set at, or what speed I set the fan on, the "click-click-click" noise continued at the same pace.
The problem turned out to be the blend door motor / actuator (not the blend door itself). I've attached a write up of how I fixed the problem, with some pictures and diagrams, in the hope that it might help someone else that has a similar problem.
View attachment Blend door motor fix.doc
-ghh97eb :exp: