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Blender?

 

I think they are talking about the motor that blends the incoming air to the climate unit. But I have no idea how to get to it.

 

I'll look on VIDA for you.

 

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Is there a repair manual or web site that shows repair jobs like this? or is that what VIDA is?

 

thanks,

Is there a repair manual or web site that shows repair jobs like this? or is that what VIDA is?

Just grab a copy off of eBay. So cheap there's no reason everyone shouldn't have a copy. Bit of a learning curve & sometimes a pain to install but you will use the heck out of it. You will definitely need a copy to attack the climate control box.

 

VIDA (Vehicle Information and Diagnostics for Aftersales) is Volvo's repair manual. It's has a GUI that basically tells you all part #s, repair procedures and specifications of how things work in the car.

You can search it on Swedespeed or Google. It's a good thing to have an can support any Volvo car up to the date it was released.

 

I'm not really sure what you're looking for. A part number would help. I looked it up on VIDA and it looks like if you actually remove the entire dashboard you should be able to access the main motor. Hope this helps:

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I'm not really sure what you're looking for. A part number would help. I looked it up on VIDA and it looks like if you actually remove the entire dashboard you should be able to access the main motor. Hope this helps:

Thanks! I'll try printing this out. I had the upper part of the dash apart, took the glove box out but couldn't figure out how to remove the center panel behind the waterfall console. I'll give this a try and see what happens.

 

1. Identify which damper motor you need to replace before you remove the dashboard.
2. Try a software reload and motor calibration to see if you can get the faulty motor moving correctly.

3. If you determine the motor is indeed broken. Know that only the passenger side defroster motor is accessible. The other 4 are behind structural dashboard parts and require removal of the dash as per vida (I can confirm it too).
4. If you do it, be ultra careful when pulling back the dash as the climate box is all plastic and is pinned on the dash, and the main structual beam of the dashboard assemble passes right through its center (the whole climate box is kinda banaba / U-Shaped). So you must lift ever so slightly while pulling the dash toward you. A very tricky move. I DID break both the climate box on the salvage yard car I tried it on, and then damaged the top of my own Climate box on my second attempt.
4. To test the replaced damper motor, you must reassemble the whole dashboard assembly... So you better be sure you had the right one.

Word of advice... Go to the dealer, have the whole unit replaced.
Why?
damper motor: 200$ (there are 5 total)
Climate box: can be negociated for around 1000$ (from 1400 retail price) And it also comes with new carbon filter, new evap core, new AC tubings, no accumulated dusts inside or stuck on blend doors grease, 5 new motors and new blower motor...

Time required to change the damper motor, or the climate box is almost the same... And just changing the motor might not work if the blend door inside the climate box is at fault... So it could require a second attempt where you WOULD have to change the whole unit...

BTW my car was a 2009 C30, did it in 2013.

 

A bad seat heater module can cause a blend door servo to not work. I found this out yesterday while troubleshooting a malfunctioning blender door and seat heater. I would check seat heater module b4 suspecting a bad blender door.

 

Do you guys know if the climate box has any alternate names. I can't find anything on Tasca with that name.

Is it this?

http://www.tascaparts.com/volvo/s40...gas-engine/hvac-cat/evaporator-and-heater-components-scat/?part_name=upper-case

 

Better to use a VIDA clone site such as this.

 

Thanks for posting this, I will be using that site!