Hi all.

 

The blower fan unit behind the glovebox in my 2017 Superb (190 sportline estate 6sp DSG diesel) is sticking every now and again, and then coming on unprompted.  I've had the cabin filter out and had a look with a mirror and there seems to be some corrosion on the cetre spindle (others have reported water ingress damage as a common fault to the spindle and bearing) which may be causing the sticking. 

 

Aparently, if caught quickly, the unit can be dropped and the spindle cleaned up / bearing lubricated, with it going on to operate fine after said attention.

 

My question is: has anyone managed to drop the blower unit successfully, and if so, how?

 

I've had the golebox door off, and gotten upside down and managed to remove the cover above the footwell, and can see that there's an elsectrical connection and five long T20 or T25 bolts that hold the blower unit in. I've had those out but it's solidly in place. I don't want to put any excessive force on it so stopped and am now posting here for advice.

 

I've seen videos of people successfully doing it on the Superb MK2, and numerous Golfs,  that seem straight forward but this doesn't seem so.

 

Any direction greatfully received.

 

Many thaks

Toby

 

 

I was removing mine at some point.

 

You can do it almost without dismounting anything - accessing it from the bottom.

 

Unplug the connector and then there's a tab which holds it in place, you need to pull the tab and rotate the blower.

 

Should be almost the same story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMI7XQkkDcM

Edited 24 October, 20232 yr by komoornik

How did you get on with this? I am looking to replace my blower so any advice would be great.

No tools needed.

Less than 5 min job if you have quick fingers. If you take it easy or your body doesn't bend that well to look closely what you are doing, then probably some more time.

Unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the same Superb as mine. Everything is different from the fan to the removable trim. My fan is held in with three screws, and I think clips what are impossible for me to access from the base up.

There are also 3 IIRC when i did mine clips to pull outward, 1 of which is around back end so you have to feel for, fiddly thats all.