As above, the fan for the climate control on my Yeti appears to have failed. All the rest of the system appears to be working OK, you can here things move when altering the settings. Its not the fuses, checked that. Anyone got others ideas of the cause, or is it a dealer visit and £££?

 

Thanks in advanve

 

Andy

This is now being investigated. it would seem the fault lies with the control unit and this is now out of the car for testing. Apparently it can be rebuilt in certain cirumstances, but if its u/s then its c£660 for a new one.

 

Andy

Sounds like the resistor pack has packed up, which isn't uncommon on many makes, although the first I've heard of on the Yeti. 

If the value of them are known it is a simple job to solder some new ones in.

Appartently is not the resistor pack. The control unit is putting out some odd fault codes, hence the testing. Should know more in a day or two. In the meantime the radiator fans are running much more than usual now the unit is out of the car.

 

Andy

Finally got sorted. Garage fitted a remanufactured control unit that cost less than half the price of a new one. Has a lifetime guarantee. Total bill just under £500. At least I have cool air back again.

 

Andy

Almost 6 weeks ????

 

What age is your car.

The delay was due to holidays and the first remanufactured supplied that was faulty.

 

Andy

The resistor pack failed on my Yeti in Jan, at just under 4 years old. According to Skoda on cars with Climate control the unit is incorporated into the heater fan and cannot be replaced separately. Certainly Skoda don't supply it.

The "official" cost of replacing the motor and control unit is around £475 inc labour & parts. The fan motor can be easily changed in under 20 mins, it has just one multi-way connector and a single self tapping screw to release the bayonet fit motor, so clearly the parts are ludicrously expensive. You could buy a washing machine, a fridge & a freezer for less!

 

So my dealer put in a sympathy claim to Skoda who covered £231 of the cost, I reluctantly paid the rest.

Not impressed that it should fail on a car that's relatively young.... whilst appreciating that compressors, etc have a more limited life, I'd have thought that the basic "heater fan unit" should last 10 years or longer.

 

Yet another in a long list of silly electrical faults that have plagued my Yeti.

Oh Dear this is a worrying possible problem for many of us!

As an ex electrical engineer I never cease to be amazed at the ridiculous prices asked by car manufacturers for unreliable electronic components.

A motor and control unit at that sort of price should not fail within a couple of years.  Think of your fridge motor / compressor it beavers away for 10 / 20 years working best part of 24hours a day!

The majority of car electrics are cheap and nasty and should be priced as such.

Best Wishes John

Edited 11 August, 201411 yr by johntech