ticking noise from behind glove box

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:36 am

went to start the car today and when I turned the key to 'on' a ticking noise started from behind the glove box. I took the glove box out and felt around to find out what it was and took a picture of it. It is the black box shown below. any help as to why it would be ticking would be good. thanks

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:27 am

Does it happen when the air con or fan is off?

Post by **Supplanter** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:28 am

That is part of the climate control system, it changes between fresh air and recirculated air.

It sounds like there could be a leaf stuck in it. Try swapping between fresh and recirculated air a few times and see if that fixes it.

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:35 am

It happens when it fan/aircon is off and when it is on, but when I change it to fresh air it stops. Tried swapping between fresh and recirculated a few times but it didn't stop it

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:44 pm

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... ic&t=15288

Probably the same problem... sorry, don't know how to fix it!

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:14 pm

Went out and had another play around for 5min and now it has stopped. thanks for your help

Chalice · Post by **Chalice** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:41 pm

Yeah, ok you sprung me so i took the bomb out...damn why did i have to make it tick....glad to see you fixed it though

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:51 pm

hmm it started again today when I went for a drive. any other ideas?

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:28 pm

As I said above, I'm pretty confident your problem is the aircon unit; the internal part that changes between fresh / recirculated air is on it's way out?

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:03 pm

yeh that probably is it. I just don't want to have to spend money right now before I go over seas

missymudjocks · Post by **missymudjocks** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:48 am

Hi, I just sorted the exact same problem. It is the electrical motor that opens and closes the fresh air duct (fresh to recirc). I pulled the motor out, opened it up, cleaned it with CRC and re-greased the plastic cogs with white grease. There were one or two teeth chewed due to the constant "clicking", but careful alignment to ensure these missing teeth don't touch any teeth from the driving gear solved that. Clicking has now completely stopped in my bitch!

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:55 am

Well done; that's a good find!

Will keep it in the back of my mind for when mine goes..

Post by **Supplanter** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:11 pm

Mine still does this every so often. What did you have to remove to get to the motor, is it just the glove box or the sash as well?