Well I had the famous ac fan problem. I found some decent threads on this problem, but all were a little lacking
I decided to make a pictoral walk through. With this walk through you should be in and out in under an hour
The problem is caused by the resistor to the fan. There are some that have been able to just clean the resistor and reuse. I had no such luck. I picked up a new resistor for about $50. This resistor is located under the windshield wiper cowl.
First you will need to open your hood. On the cowl you will see that it is held down by some plastic expansion pins. These pry out very easy.
Under the push pin is the actual expansion clip. These too pry out very easily. These both are reuseable. Unless you lose one you should not have to buy new ones.
Now you will have to remove the windshield wiper arms. There is a plastic cap on the arm. This easily prys off.
Under the plastic cap there is a 17mm nut. It is easy to remove also.
The Bentley will say that you need a puller tool. Not true. If you just push down where my thumb is the wiper arm will come lose with no problems.
Now that the wiper arm is out of the way, you will have to remove some weather stripping. It just pulls off and pushes back on.
Now just remove the plastic cowl. It should just easily lift off the windshield.
What you will see is a cylinder shaped box with two plastic ties on it.
Unsnap the ties and remove the cover. On the bottom of the fan motor you will see the resistor. I am pointing to it here.
Just pull straight to the front of the car to remove it.
Here is what it looks like removed.
You can clean it off with some wd40, pop it back in and see if it works. If not, just replace with a new piece. The new one I receivied was blue.
Now put everything back together and enjoy the breeze coming from your vents
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