So it’s a cold winters morning your frozen to the bone, you jump into your vauxhall vivaro and turn the heaters on, it doesn’t work. In this article I will explain how to repair.
There are commonly three things that can go wrong and it true to be said with most vehicles. These are the fuse, the motor, and or the heater resister. These should be checked in this order. Not only to keep costs down but is a good methodical way to solve the problem.
A little contradictory but before you do anything just check if the motor works on any speeds at all. If it does, particularly the fastest speed. It safe to say the fuse and motor are working fine, and would probably mean that heater resister if faulty.
If this doesn’t do anything you should grab the owners manual and locate the fuse. This can be checked visually by removing and looking at the fuse element or the use of a power probe and checking a power at both sides of the element.
If the heater still doesn’t work, remove the motor and wire it to a charged battery. If it functions you will conclude this isn’t the fault. If it is just replace the motor.
At this stage it’s worth checking the wiring for burning, scorch marks at the multi plugs. At this stage I would conlude if nothing else is found I would replace the resister.
There are commonly three things that can go wrong and it true to be said with most vehicles. These are the fuse, the motor, and or the heater resister. These should be checked in this order. Not only to keep costs down but is a good methodical way to solve the problem.
A little contradictory but before you do anything just check if the motor works on any speeds at all. If it does, particularly the fastest speed. It safe to say the fuse and motor are working fine, and would probably mean that heater resister if faulty.
If this doesn’t do anything you should grab the owners manual and locate the fuse. This can be checked visually by removing and looking at the fuse element or the use of a power probe and checking a power at both sides of the element.
If the heater still doesn’t work, remove the motor and wire it to a charged battery. If it functions you will conclude this isn’t the fault. If it is just replace the motor.
At this stage it’s worth checking the wiring for burning, scorch marks at the multi plugs. At this stage I would conlude if nothing else is found I would replace the resister.
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