help needed

[bidderman1969]

hoping someone might be able to help me out with a small car electrical glitch so hoping i can come over to someone who knows a bit about car electrics

its hopefully the last little niggle i need sorting before i get down and detail it :thumb:

its to do with the blower unit on the Kia, described in pics..........

this is the unit, and in this position it didnt work


when you applied a bit of pressure on the lever, it worked in this position


this position


and this position


put it in this position, or anywhere between them, it didnt work


while looking for a fuse box under the glovebox, to see if the ciggie light fuse had blown, as it too wasnt working, i saw this,


so plugged it back in, and the ciggie lighter worked, and so did the blower unit, on all settings....


except one small detail.................. it doesnt switch off in the off position! although it doesnt stay on when the key is taken out of the ignition, so im happy that its safe to leave unattended and locked up ok

this is the wiring under the glovebox, hope this helps






im suspecting this is the culprit unit, but was wondering if theres a bad earth or something, just need some confirmation


so, can someone help me out pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, willing to travel to hampshire, surrey, west sussex, or maybe further if needed

TIA guys, i just HATE electrics, full stop

:thumb:

 

[mals]

Sounds like an issue with the switch itself

 

[Chris H]

the sliders are probably dirty, contact cleaner.

The heater rheostat is most likely corroded, if I recall correctly they are on a steel plate with a contact grid overlay stuck on them, they corroded and cause shorts which cause issues like not turning off or missing speeds etc.

 

[bidderman1969]

Ah, sounds the same as Neal was saying, gotta try and get the unit out now then, should be fun, lol

 

[Chris H]

the thing the white plug goes into is what you want to pull out.

 

[bidderman1969]

ah, so i take it these things are available seperately, and not as a whole unit? maight try a scrappy, or failing that, the online part finder thingy

 

[Chris H]

separate, lasts one I bought new was 30 quid at nissan for an almera which was bloody good value, so might be worth pricing up new.