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ticking noise from behind glove box
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:36 am
by robsta
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
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:27 am
by Bennoz
Does it happen when the air con or fan is off?
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:28 am
by Supplanter
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.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:35 am
by robsta
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
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:44 pm
by nicholas
http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... ic&t=15288
Probably the same problem... sorry, don't know how to fix it!
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:14 pm
by robsta
Went out and had another play around for 5min and now it has stopped. thanks for your help
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:41 pm
by Chalice
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
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:51 pm
by robsta
hmm it started again today when I went for a drive. any other ideas?
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:28 pm
by nicholas
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?
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:03 pm
by robsta
yeh that probably is it. I just don't want to have to spend money right now before I go over seas
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:48 am
by missymudjocks
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!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:55 am
by nicholas
Well done; that's a good find!
Will keep it in the back of my mind for when mine goes..
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:11 pm
by Supplanter
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?
