It aint Fanny

[Alimac]

Just nipped home to give the Lotus a run out out, tops down etc and my Fan has stopped working

Will it be the fuse?, bit chilly up here in Yorkshire had a look on the threads and have not seen anything relating to this.

All help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

[Snapper7]

Common problem on the Elise/Exige. Try the fuse, but I would put my money on the following

A) Blows, but no hot air: The resistor has blown on the heater matrix unit. This is a weak spot because water collects and sits on the Matrix unit and corrodes the resistor

B) No Blow, Hot or Cold: Heater motor has gone, again another weak point on the Elise/Exige due to water build up.

Ether way it will be a clam off job to sort out ether problem. A dealer will charge £ 500-600. I would suggest that if one item has gone, you replace the other one at the same time.

I had both items go with in months of each other, luckily they was both done under warranty.

I would also suggest you get your radiator, hoses and connectors checked out as well at the same time because they also wear out.

[Furyous]

Get the new blower motor and resistor pack.Parts cost £170 plus vat.

Clam off job.

A120P0148S Resistor
B117P0163F Blower

[Lotus Lewis]

How good are you with a spanner you can always buy the parts your self and replace them ,here a link on how to take the front clamshell off, and will save you alot of money

http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Remove_S2_front_clamshell

[S Works]

Fingers crossed you're still in warranty, big bill if not.

[Mikey_W]

Still under warranty, so a nice trip to JCT 600 Leeds

[Lawrence5]

If I remember correctly if you have aircon you can get just the resistor pack otherwise it's a new unit. If you have the clam off check the rad fan and also replace the towing eye bar with a stainless one............

[S Works]

If the clam comes off get an ally rad fitted too. Will save you the bother when the OEM one blows the plastic end cap off somewhere deeply inconvenient.

[Bada Bing!]

Mine went recently and it was the resistor pack. Clam off, quite time consuming. Thankfully covered by warranty.

As has been mentioned it's very common.

[Alimac]

Mikey_W said:

Still under warranty, so a nice trip to JCT 600 Leeds

Leeds here i come! Only problem is there are lots of distractions there

[Alimac]

Thanks all for the feedback