OK I mentioned this on another of my threads

 

When I went down to the Coventry meet last week, the air vents in my car were stuck in 'Auto' position, blowing air through the centre console and door vents and would not switch over to windscreen demist

 

When I pressed the Auto/Demist buttons on the climate control, the appropriate LED would light and there would be the bleep to indicate it was switching over

 

Also there was a click from behind the passenger glove compartment when switching between Auto/Demist

 

While over at Lee Dent's today he had a look at this for me

 

With the passenger glove compartment removed, it was clear to see an actuator arm was moving each time we selected Auto/Demist

 

However the air flow through the vents was not switching

 

With the cowling over the dashboard clocks removed, Lee had his hand down behind the left Binacle and there is another acutator here which directs the air flow

 

The problem was that part of the wiring connected to some sort of controller box was fouling the actuator so it could not move.

 

With the obstructing item moved out of the way all worked fine.

 

It's quite apparent now that I introduced this fault myself when I had the dash clocks out last year to fit reverse indiglow dials. I pushed the wiring loom out of the way while refitting the dash and obviously fouled the air vents mechanism. As my car was off the road from AUtumn last year until May this year I never spotted the problem.

 

Anyone facing similar issues hopefully now has somewhere to look for the cause

 

Thanks for the help Lee :flowers:

 

Rich

Edited August 2, 201411 yr by dicky96
speeling

Nice one! Always good to have a history of problem solutions for people to search and learn from in the future. It would be good if everyone finished their problem threads with their solution.

I've certainly learnt plenty on here.

Cheers.:)