2006 Elantra Blower (Cabin A/C and Heater Fan) Dead
After a short drive, my wife parked our 2006 Elantra GLS in the
garage. A couple of hours later, she left to run an errand, and the blower, or cabin A/C and heater fan didn't work. Of course, it had been working previously. You can here a "Click" when you turn the fan control clockwise from the OFF position, but the fan doesn't run in any fan speed position. Upon her return, I checked the relay, fuse, and fusible link box under the hood, and the "30A blower fusible link" is open. Does anyone have any ideas based upon experience? Blowing a 30A fusible link -- some serious current was drawn. The blower motor never sounded problematic before, but I guess it could be the motor itself, or perhaps some control circuit?? If it's the motor, I hope it's not hard to access, as I don't want my dash all scratched up or messed upon during repair. Thanks, Don |
Re: 2006 Elantra Blower (Cabin A/C and Heater Fan) Dead
On Nov 20, 4:10 pm, Don Allen <w...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> After a short drive, my wife parked our 2006 Elantra GLS in the > garage. A couple of hours later, she left to run an errand, and the > blower, or cabin A/C and heater fan didn't work. Of course, it had > been working previously. You can here a "Click" when you turn the fan > control clockwise from the OFF position, but the fan doesn't run in > any fan speed position. > > Upon her return, I checked the relay, fuse, and fusible link box under > the hood, and the "30A blower fusible link" is open. Does anyone have > any ideas based upon experience? Blowing a 30A fusible link -- some > serious current was drawn. The blower motor never sounded problematic > before, but I guess it could be the motor itself, or perhaps some > control circuit?? > > If it's the motor, I hope it's not hard to access, as I don't want my > dash all scratched up or messed upon during repair. > > Thanks, > Don I took the Elantra into the local Hyundai dealer this morning, and they just replaced the 30A Fusible Link, and all was apparently fine. They said the blower motor checked out OK. Hmm . . I'm leaving on a trip soon and sure wouldn't want the blower to crap out during winter driving. Unless something was temporarily stuck in the squirrel cage blower wheel, such as a pine needle or something similar, I have to wonder about their approach to diagnosing the problem. If the motor stalled due to such a scenario, I guess the stall current could be high enough to blow the fusible link. We shall see. |
Re: 2006 Elantra Blower (Cabin A/C and Heater Fan) Dead
Don Allen wrote:
> On Nov 20, 4:10 pm, Don Allen <w...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> After a short drive, my wife parked our 2006 Elantra GLS in the >> garage. A couple of hours later, she left to run an errand, and the >> blower, or cabin A/C and heater fan didn't work. Of course, it had >> been working previously. You can here a "Click" when you turn the fan >> control clockwise from the OFF position, but the fan doesn't run in >> any fan speed position. >> >> Upon her return, I checked the relay, fuse, and fusible link box under >> the hood, and the "30A blower fusible link" is open. Does anyone have >> any ideas based upon experience? Blowing a 30A fusible link -- some >> serious current was drawn. The blower motor never sounded problematic >> before, but I guess it could be the motor itself, or perhaps some >> control circuit?? >> >> If it's the motor, I hope it's not hard to access, as I don't want my >> dash all scratched up or messed upon during repair. >> >> Thanks, >> Don > > I took the Elantra into the local Hyundai dealer this morning, and > they just replaced the 30A Fusible Link, and all was apparently fine. > They said the blower motor checked out OK. Hmm . . I'm leaving on a > trip soon and sure wouldn't want the blower to crap out during winter > driving. Unless something was temporarily stuck in the squirrel cage > blower wheel, such as a pine needle or something similar, I have to > wonder about their approach to diagnosing the problem. If the motor > stalled due to such a scenario, I guess the stall current could be > high enough to blow the fusible link. We shall see. 1970s era Chryslers used a lot of fusible links and they seemed to routinely fail. My dad replaced them often and nothing else ever appeared to be wrong. We carried spares just like fuses although for reasos unknown to me, the fuses seemed much more reliable than the fusible links (which makes no sense to me as an EE, but seemed to be the case). Matt |
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