Hi I've got an issue where my fans do not spin at low speed in the engine bay when the air con is on. The air con only kicks in when the system is up to temperature. I have had the car run in Vcds and it's showing a interning ant short on cooling fan 1 and on the fan control unit. Am I assuming this is the common issue with the fans and its best to replace ??

My car was showing intermittent fan fault. The fans eventually packed up altogether.

Skoda wanted over 500 quid to fix it. I got some new fans from euro car parts for £150 and did it myself using this guide.

Saved me wrecking the rad and my hands!

 

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Volkswagen_Golf_GTI_Mk_V/18-WATER-Removing_the_Shroud_and_Fans/18-WATER-Removing_the_Shroud_and_Fans.htm

 

It's good to have an extra pair of hands when taking the shroud out and re-inserting it. 

Everything seems ok now. Hope this helps.

I've been given these part numbers 1k0959455fq and 1k0959455et will any other numbers fit does anyone know ?

These are the faults....

 

2 Faults Found:
006468 - Control Module 1 for Cooling Fan
               P1944 - 006 - Over-Temp - Intermittent
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00100001
                    Fault Priority: 0
                    Fault Frequency: 5
                    Reset counter: 24
                    Mileage: 178416 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2000.00.00
                    Time: 13:31:22

             Freeze Frame:
                    RPM: 1312 /min
                    Torque: 40.0 Nm
                    Speed: 30.0 km/h
                        0.00 %
                    Voltage: 14.13 V
                        9.75 %
                    Temperature: 80.0°C

005746 - Coolant Fan Control 1
               P1672 - 009 - Open or Short to Ground - Intermittent
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00100100
                    Fault Priority: 0
                    Fault Frequency: 11
                    Reset counter: 27
                    Mileage: 178416 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2000.00.00
                    Time: 13:31:32

             Freeze Frame:
                    RPM: 928 /min
                    Torque: 136.0 Nm
                    Speed: 18.0 km/h
                        37.44 %
                    Voltage: 14.46 V
                        9.75 %
                    Temperature: 23.0°C 

Anybody help please ?

Did you solve this issue Dan? I've got fault of coolant fan control 1 short/open circuit. Cleaned and dried fuse box, replaced fans, replaced battery, newish CTS and fault still shows

Replaced the fans pal and been fine since