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Old 06-17-2016, 11:09 AM
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Replacing climate fan in Range Rover. Be glad we have Nissans.

This Range Rover was in the shop this week having the climate control fan replaced at 90,000 miles. It lives in the hollow place in the upper center of the dash.

I helped with part of it but was thankful to be working on something else.

Just something to think about next time you curse the Max for being difficult.


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More disposable than a Chinese car
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holy cow, that is absurd
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How much is the labor for a job like that?
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Originally Posted by Child_uv_KoRn
More disposable than a Chinese car
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holy cow, that is absurd
Yeah, A lot of euro cars are pure junk.
Cheap plastic, plastic hoses that break if you look at them wrong, overly complex designs, components that fail in well under 100k and are buried deep in the car.... I'm constantly amazed that these cars are considered "quality".

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How much is the labor for a job like that?
I'm not sure exactly. It was also having the super charger snout replaced so there was a lot of other work being done. I didn't see the actual bill. I'm sure it was more than the value of an average 5th gen Maxima though.
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English cars = trash.
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I had a 1984 Volvo. I found out the hard way that the fan was pretty much like that. Pretty much everything was built into this big "block" that was in the center of the dash. You had to remove the dash and then the seats so you could remove the "block" from the car and then open it up.

Car went to the junkyard.
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Originally Posted by DennisMik
I had a 1984 Volvo. I found out the hard way that the fan was pretty much like that. Pretty much everything was built into this big "block" that was in the center of the dash. You had to remove the dash and then the seats so you could remove the "block" from the car and then open it up.

Car went to the junkyard.
I hope it wasn't a diesel...
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Originally Posted by DennisMik
I had a 1984 Volvo. I found out the hard way that the fan was pretty much like that. Pretty much everything was built into this big "block" that was in the center of the dash. You had to remove the dash and then the seats so you could remove the "block" from the car and then open it up.

Car went to the junkyard.
Ha! Right where a Volvo belongs. The new ones are no better. We actually stopped working on Volvos a few years ago because they're such junk. Every one of them becomes a problem.
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Originally Posted by Derrick2k2SE
Ha! Right where a Volvo belongs. The new ones are no better. We actually stopped working on Volvos a few years ago because they're such junk. Every one of them becomes a problem.
What...you mean you don't like cracked pcv oil boxes that take 8 hrs to replace?
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Originally Posted by Child_uv_KoRn
What...you mean you don't like cracked pcv oil boxes that take 8 hrs to replace?
Exactly. It's like they're engineered to be difficult and crappy enough to need constant work.
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Wow I love my max so much more.. I wouldn't dare embark on a job like that
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Dodge Journey's are like that as well. Ask me how I know... Thank god for the woman it was under warranty.
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My '84 Accord was like that too. When the air box went, it was no longer under warranty, so it cost me quite a bundle .....
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