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Old May 25, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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Knocking Behind the glovebox

Hi All,
I have a knocking sound from behind my glove box. It is not the blower fan.
It starts as soon as the key is turned. If I press the auto button the knocking stops. The knocking will continue if the fan is in econ or turned off. (automatic cluster)
any help would great...
Old May 25, 2005 | 11:05 AM
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sounds like a mechanical malfuction in the ducts. i wish i could be more specific but i'm just taking a stab. there are moving parts inside there that open and close depending on what the cc is set to.
Old May 25, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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ya that would make sence, because when lower the deg. in auto it will start knocking again. Is their a second fan for the a/c ?
Old May 25, 2005 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rimmer1
Hi All,
I have a knocking sound from behind my glove box. ......
One fan, on left side there's a flap actuator which is possibly jammed: ask Pyrophilus how he solved his problem; he has got also pics.
Old May 26, 2005 | 05:45 PM
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It's a gremlin trying to get in the cabin!!!
Old May 26, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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Old May 26, 2005 | 07:57 PM
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I think maybe stepper motors on evap box. I remember when I took out my acc unit. There was a contol wire attached to it that went back to the evap box. Maybe that could be it.
Old May 27, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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mine did the same thing for about a year-18 months..when that started, I got stereo to cover it up...its worn itself, whatever it may be, to a point that if its really quiet you can kinda hear somthing with a slight rotational squeek.

When it started, and still made the tapping sound, you could play with the a/c and heat settings all you want, fan speed, whatever..the only thing that changed it was turning the resurculator on would slow it down a LITTLE bit.

I just let the gremlin beat itself to unconsiousness.
Old Jun 8, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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Had a noise when blower went on, caused by a small branch that slipped into the vents at the base of the windshield. It went through a number of sound variations(as the blower motor wittled it down.
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