vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower

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Thu 6 Sep 2012 21:28
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

fan has failed to work from setting 1 to 4 progressively and now has stopped working completly

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Thu 6 Sep 2012 23:28
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - elekie&a/c doctor

The fan motor and speed resistor can be accessed from the passenger footwell,behind the glove box.If the fan is not working at all,you need to check the 2 pin connector attached to the motor housing.It is not uncommon for this connector to overheat/burn out.It can be cut out and the wires joined directly.I think the wier clours are brown and green/blue.The speed resistor sits at the bottom of the heater box and can be accessed by pulling back the carpet at the front of the centre console.hth

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Fri 7 Sep 2012 14:26
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

thanks for this information it's my grandaughters car, so i am going to look at it later cheers for now

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Fri 7 Sep 2012 17:08
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

checked brown, green wires and connector ok I forgot to mention, before I posted the problem I looked in drivers handbook for a fuse and it seems as though it is not protected by a fuse. can you advise on next step please. cheers

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Fri 7 Sep 2012 19:35
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - elekie&a/c doctor

Fuse 45 (30amp green)in the engine bay fuse box supplies the fan switch,to the speed resistor,and then to the motor.Put a meter /test light across the brown and green wires to check voltage supply,with switch on max.I think you will find this is one of the larger "maxi" fuses

Edited by elekie&a/c doctor on 07/09/2012 at 19:40

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Fri 7 Sep 2012 20:34
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

found fuse ok, can I assume power is onto unit till I can test it tomorrow if power is on would it point to blower motor

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Fri 7 Sep 2012 20:52
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

how likely is it that it might be the carbon brushes

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Sat 8 Sep 2012 12:27
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

would the resistor be variable ?

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Sat 8 Sep 2012 13:05
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - McP

Blower resistors normally have 3 fixed resistors.

On speed 4 the resistor is bypassed. Full 12V applied to the blower.

On speed 1 to 3, 12V is passed through the resistor pack to lower the voltage applied to the blower.

Is the blower working on position 4?

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Sat 8 Sep 2012 15:09
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

no the blower packed in progressively losing setting one, then two then three and eventually four but each setting blew a small amount of air,Now the blower does'nt work on any setting . I have had the glove box out ,and tried the blower on all settigs not a murmer!!

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Sun 9 Sep 2012 15:36
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

what sort of a job is it to remove and split the blower i can see screw heads and hex. headed screws / bolts? and snap connections. can't see what is round the back i presume some kind of pushfit connection , not screws, as access is tight

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Mon 10 Sep 2012 21:09
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - McP

Remove the glovebox 4 screws possibly torx screws

4 x screws/bolts holding the fan in place.

Have a search on google images for corsa c blower motor.

Some reasonable prices (from £15) on ebay for replacement blower motors.

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Tue 11 Sep 2012 11:43
vauxhall corsa y reg - fan blower - joewright

thanks for taking time, I really do appreciate the help I have been given.I can't praise this sight enough, this is the third time I have been helped, so thanks once again .CHEERS!!!

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