Noisy cabin fan

[MrLou]

My 2001 A3 has developed a very noisy ventilation fan.

If the fan speed setting is above 2, it sounds like it's going to shake the whole car to pieces! Very annoying in this hot weather.

Does anyone have a links for workshop manual, or can tell me how to dismantle the dash to take a look at it and repair/replace it?

Thanks,

Lou

[Pablo16v]

I replaced one in a '96 A4 but I have no idea if the A3 one is in a similar position. To get to it I had to remove the glove box then a couple of airbag brackets which were obstructing the fan. AFter that it was just a matter of removing a few mounting screws then replace with an after market part off ebay. The whole job took around 1 1/2 hrs.