Firstly wanted to say hello. I have a 02 Fabia 1.9Tdi elegance which I love. However, it does now have a really irritating problem.

The internal heater has gone beserk. Randomly it will be baking hot when it's set to cold, or even if the air con's on. It's beginning to drive me mad, and I'm fed up of it burning my face!

I've searched for advice on the forum, but I'm still not sure whether it's a sensor or a thermostat problem. The engine heater gauge is working ok.

Thanks guys

Could be a flap motor problem, you will need to get the fault codes read.

Got a vag com cable coming this week so will be able to see if I can do a reset then.

Cheers.

That's the way to do it, clear any codes and put them back into basic settings. If you need to replace the flap mnotor they are not too handy to get at.

Could someone clarify this for me? I checked the fault codes and it came up with this :-

Address 08 -------------------------------------------------------

Controller: 6Y0 820 045

Component: Klimaanlage X0830

6 Faults Found:

01271 - Positioning Motor for Temperature Flap (V68)

30-10 - Open or Short to B+ - Intermittent

01596 - Motor for Outside/Recirculated Air Flap (V154)

30-10 - Open or Short to B+ - Intermittent

01271 - Positioning Motor for Temperature Flap (V68)

29-10 - Short to Ground - Intermittent

01271 - Positioning Motor for Temperature Flap (V68)

28-10 - Short to B+ - Intermittent

01596 - Motor for Outside/Recirculated Air Flap (V154)

41-10 - Blocked or No Voltage - Intermittent

01596 - Motor for Outside/Recirculated Air Flap (V154)

29-10 - Short to Ground - Intermittent

I then ran through the guide on Fabia vrs.com and the numbers wouldn't settle to 0. I don't know if I'm doing it right or if there's an actual problem. Can anyone help?