Intermittant S2 heater fan

[kambites]

It was raining yesterday morning so I turned on the heater fan to try and keep the window clear... or rather I tried to, nothing happened. However many times I turned it on and off it didn't work, turning the ignition on and off made no difference either.

Yesterday evening I got back in the car to drive home, turned on the ignition and the fan fired into life. It's been fine since.

Is this just par for the course with Lotus ownership or can anything think what might be wrong?

[mx5Rob]

Mines intermitant too.. but recently has been more off than on

I found a post which mentioned resistors going or something, but that sounded more of a permanent problem than it coming and going, so I'll be interested if anyone has an answer!

[beez]

I had this with my S2 last year, sometimes it worked others it didn't, and sometimes it would work but the force out of the vents gradually reduced to nothing after driving for a while accompanied by a faint burning smell. So i checked it in with the dealer just before it gave up completely. Luckily it was still under warranty as the motor has packed up and its a Clam off job to replace.

[S Works]

As above, it's on the way out, and is a PiTA to sort out. Mine died earlier this year and I'm holding off spending the £600-odd it's going to take to get it fixed until Autumn... ha, what a joke that is. Like summer even came!

I digress. Last I heard Lotus didn't have any of the replacement parts available to order, nor did they know when they would be getting any from their suppliers. Elise-shop sells something which (depending on model), might be right to fix apparently.

Mine will go in around Sept/Oct time to finally have it done, along with a couple of other bits that I've been putting off.

Damn nuisance.

[kambites]

Doh. Might be time to look into how the front clam comes off then... buggered if I'm paying someone 600 quid to fix a fan.

[ptp170]

My blower never worked when I picked up my elise... turned out it was just the connector on top of the blower. The location of it isn't the best as it is prone to the elements + any water that makes it's way in there will just sit in the plug

Remedy? Unplug and get some WD-40 and a needle file and thoroughly clean the male and female connectors. Upon assembly, I filled the area around the top of the plug with silicone sealant to prevent ingress.

Blower now works perfectly

P.S. I apologise for my shoddy silcone sealant application