blowers dont work!?!

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ric325i
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Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:05 pm

this is well annoying! they just stopped?
its a bizarre 25 deg+ here in newcastle and i have no blowers! great and i have fear of no heaters in winter! :eek:

i did the obvious and checked fuses, num 20 was blown so replaced it and nothing has changed (though i have not drove it yet, just checked it).

other things that have happened at the same time are.......

1 - computer lights have gone to the dim setting all the time (same as when lights are switched on).

2 - a strange clicking that almost switches the car off momentarily.
like a relay that happens every 30 seconds or so. relay type noise and for a split second, its like the fuel stops?

cant find another way to describe it. dont know if they are related and dont know if the fuse has stopped the relay thing?

any help appreciated. :cool:
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Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:45 pm

Do your door mirrors still work?
ric325i
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Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:26 pm

cheers for the reply!

just tested the mirrors, i only checked the one side but that worked fine.

any ideas? its a funny one. i have made the assumption that this is an electrical problem only because of the lights on the comp.

and the relay thing is bonkers?

could this be a motor problem for the blowers or are these things possibly like together? but are there separate motors for each air outlet? could the motor just have failed?