Hi all some help please...heating/cooling  at full power but fans not blowing any air at all ...some steps  to follow? Tia

It’s under the glovebox. Well documented, it’s an easy fix/swap. About £100 and less than an hour to do. No time to explain more at present, but again, not major.

Before you go buying a new one I'd be temped to take the old one out and check the bearings haven't siezed.  Ours did on our Octavia but freed off with some wd40 and then greased it all worked fine again. 

For a passat but the same idea
 

 

Thanks a lot everyone...really easy fix...not tools  no nothing...just unscrewed the fan from its place ,couple of spin by hand ,back to how it was. Thanks again everyone!

I had the same issue and when I removed the old fan it was just seized, so a good squirt of WD40 and soon it was running as good as new. Does you model have the variable resistor fitted, mine doesn't.

Yeah got it ...working fine...if by the variable resistor you mean the aluminium bit with  loads of bumps...then yes I've got it...sorry about the very not mechanical explanation 😁

Is the above resistor located in the fan air flow for cooling purposes?. I have a Jan 2019 polo that is on its second replacement (under warranty) resistor, it is apparently located with the "resistors" in the fan air intake but it doesn't have a heat sink like the one above, it appears to be enclosed (see attachment), The pollen filter was replaced after the first replacement, fan apparently is rotating freely. I have ordered a spare replacement so can measure the (3) resistors resistances and as I have checked the fan loads I can then calculate what power the resistors are absorbing, that's assuming that this resistor pack isn't a electronic controller of some sort?.

I got the following amperage readings with VCDS (after subtracting the DRLs ~ 5 amps). The car does not have AC.

Fan speed 1 3.9A

Fan speed 2 6.2A

Fan speed 3 10.8A

Fan speed 4  17.0A

If some one has measured these at any time from a Fabia or likewise they might please comment or post the readings for comparison purposes.

Edited 9 March, 20224 yr by Johngerard