Turn on climate control..and then I can hear a fluttering..like a ticking as if something is touching the fan..the odd thing is that when I increase the speed of fan..the noise goes away..but so damn annoying..any quick fixes? I don't even know where the fan is..

 

There's a TSB on this. read the stickies, i know it's in there somewhere.. something about the fan shroud hitting.

 

it's under the right side of the dash, and probably has some trash /leaf down in it. 2 or 3 screws should get you in there, so you can clean it. pita the 1st time you do it.

 

yah I didn't find it in the stickies the first time around I'll look again, nitro right side of dash..passenger side I'm assuming?

 

same thing here mostly on speed 2 (acc) pulled it down, didnt notice anything but some dust so started cleaning it off and noticed a couple of broken blades...not missing, just cracked. ordered new fan will be in in a couple of days...40$. oh and a tip, theres a 10mm bolt on the dash down near the passenger kick panel, take that out so you can pull the dash away a bit to drop the motor.

 

thanks, where'd you order the fan

 

I have this same problem, and yesterday tried dropping the blower out of the car to get a look at it, I couldnt get the fan assemble to drop past the cross member that holds the bottom of the glove box to the dash. I did remove the nut mentioned above, but could not get the dash to pull forward enough to have the fan drop down. Is there a trick or secret to this? I also am interested in getting a new fan assembly, especially if it only 4o bucks, I was expecting quite a bit more, where do you find that from, was it online or just a shop?

 

the fan was ordered from southern states nissan in raleigh nc. i think its like 42$ or so, the whole fan assembly(fan and motor) runs about 170$.

raw toast:the cross member only has 2 (3?) phillips screws holding it in, than with that 10mm bolt out you can pull that section of the dash away and the fan will come right out.

fan should be in wednesday, ill post back and let you guys know if that fixes the "tick"

 

white one?

 

did you remove the glove box to do that?

 

yah the white thing looks like it's the fan thing...haha try turning on climate control...see what happens. if it whirs there..it's the one

 

hehe "pita"

 

the blower motor is actually the black part w/the hose going to the side of it. unbolt that and the fan wheel is attached. check the tips above to ease the pain!

 

maybe this should be stickied?

 

thanks nitromax!!!!!!!!

 

okay, so i replaced the fan and blew out the motor with air...no change, still ticks the same. maybe you guys will be lucky and just have a leaf down there or something.

 

While The Motor Was Out Did You Look Up Into Heater Box/fan Hole To See If Anything Was Sticking In There? Some Times The Smallest Thing Out Of Place Can Be The Culprit.

 

See if this helps you get everything apart - I have never done this but will probably do it before summer.
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