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by pauliebanger
Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:52 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: heater fan not working
Replies: 13
Views: 7687

Re: heater fan not working

I didn't think the heater fan had any ballast resistors and worked by a couple of transistors on the fan housing (the engine fan does have ballast resistors on earlier cars though :? ) The box is probably the control unit, is it on the bottom of the heater housing? The models I am refering to are a...
by pauliebanger
Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:08 pm
Forum: Electrical System and Diagnostics
Topic: heater fan not working
Replies: 13
Views: 7687

Re: heater fan not working

I've had this happen on two 406s and it's happened to a friend' car too. It's where the connector fits into the ballast resistor (I believe). A new ballast resistor is not too expensive, but difficult to remove/replace. I sorted all three by cleaning the 'burnt' teminals/connectors, nipping up the c...