WindTrackMind
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My 2008 has 48K miles on it. The Fan blower for the AC started acting up (intermittent) and finally this last week stopped working.
Of course I was on a 8 hour trip and needed AC so I learned that the fan motor bearings could be unsiezed by jumping the 25A 12VDC center console straight +12VDC to the fan motor itself. Run it for 20 seconds and it warms up enough for the fan control to run it normally until the next day.. even a 'decently sized' 12VDC pigtail will heat up due to the 20Amps that I estimate flows, so only use a pigtail for 30 seconds or risk meltdown. I used female bullet connectors at the end of the 12VDC pigtail to jump it into running, and removed it once it ran for a 20-30 seconds.
I found previous posts that mentioned warming up grease during application with a heat gun, and so I thought I would try that. I could not find info on how to remove the glove box, so I'll post what I learned, and also what I did to the fan blower motor for now. (motor was practically siezed up, now it spins a fair bit better but still no free spinning) Motor does now work without jumping it externally. (for how long I do not know.)
I think the motor has high amount of brush residue, and that might be gumming up the rotor.
Here's how I suggest Removing the Glove Box: remove 4 screws location in green, one is on bottom of right side panel, then pull that right side panel straight off and away.
The three green screw locations at bottom of glovebox are inside the glove box of course, yes you must empty the glove box. Once those are away, the glove box drawer comes away. If this hinge ever fails, I plan to use nylon cloth webbing or maybe milk jug material as a replacement hing.
Remove the top 3 screw locations marked with orange next, then pull the glove box housing away from dash, removing the wire to the lamp and ventilation hose as you go.
Reinstall is simply the reverse.
Of course I was on a 8 hour trip and needed AC so I learned that the fan motor bearings could be unsiezed by jumping the 25A 12VDC center console straight +12VDC to the fan motor itself. Run it for 20 seconds and it warms up enough for the fan control to run it normally until the next day.. even a 'decently sized' 12VDC pigtail will heat up due to the 20Amps that I estimate flows, so only use a pigtail for 30 seconds or risk meltdown. I used female bullet connectors at the end of the 12VDC pigtail to jump it into running, and removed it once it ran for a 20-30 seconds.
I found previous posts that mentioned warming up grease during application with a heat gun, and so I thought I would try that. I could not find info on how to remove the glove box, so I'll post what I learned, and also what I did to the fan blower motor for now. (motor was practically siezed up, now it spins a fair bit better but still no free spinning) Motor does now work without jumping it externally. (for how long I do not know.)
I think the motor has high amount of brush residue, and that might be gumming up the rotor.
Here's how I suggest Removing the Glove Box: remove 4 screws location in green, one is on bottom of right side panel, then pull that right side panel straight off and away.
The three green screw locations at bottom of glovebox are inside the glove box of course, yes you must empty the glove box. Once those are away, the glove box drawer comes away. If this hinge ever fails, I plan to use nylon cloth webbing or maybe milk jug material as a replacement hing.
Remove the top 3 screw locations marked with orange next, then pull the glove box housing away from dash, removing the wire to the lamp and ventilation hose as you go.
Reinstall is simply the reverse.
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