bloody blower motor now?

[Andy70]

Hi, not having much luck with this car, I've had some bangers over the years and never missed a beat, but it seems with my relatively low mileage e92 335i, it seems what can go wrong has... so after checking the blower fuse was ok, I can only assume its the motor? any one had these issues before? Never in all my life and hundred of cars have I ever had a blower fan motor issue and people say modern cars are more reliable? mmmmmm

[crispian22]

Heater blower resistor or hedgehog as they're known.

[Andy70]

crispian22 said:

Heater blower resistor or hedgehog as they're known.

eh, what? lol

[Elliot2000]

What’s it doing firstly? Is it not blowing air at all or is it just blowing slowly? If it’s the former it could be the the fan or the resistor- both ten minutes jobs, if it’s just blowing slowly regardless of setting then it’s probably trying to protect a low battery.

[d_a_n1979]

Andy70 said:

eh, what? lol

Final stage resistor; AKA FSU or hedgehog.

Common issue and an easy How To here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRhj4KWuu8

Common issues in previous E46s and E39s also

[Andy70]

Elliot2000 said:

What’s it doing firstly? Is it not blowing air at all or is it just blowing slowly? If it’s the former it could be the the fan or the resistor- both ten minutes jobs, if it’s just blowing slowly regardless of setting then it’s probably trying to protect a low battery.

No air at all

[Collectingbrass]

Andy70 said:

No air at all

Check the pollen filter or cabin air filter first

[Andy70]

d_a_n1979 said:

Final stage resistor; AKA FSU or hedgehog.

Common issue and an easy How To here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRhj4KWuu8

Common issues in previous E46s and E39s also

Thanks for the clip. the one I found the chap was changing the whole unit as the fan its self was stiff hence that's probably what caused the resistor to blow. For the sake of 10 quid off ebay I got the whole thing so may as well change it I suppose. thank you very much for your tips gents