clicking sound from the glove box
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clicking sound from the glove box
Hi.
There is a loud clicking sound coming from the glove box after I start the car, it lasts about a minute, minute and a half. I remember reading on this forums that it has something to do with the AC or something but can't find the thread. What is it?
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There is a loud clicking sound coming from the glove box after I start the car, it lasts about a minute, minute and a half. I remember reading on this forums that it has something to do with the AC or something but can't find the thread. What is it?
Thank you.
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Yep, search for "stepper motor". There is a DIY thread because the part is cheap but labor is about $500+. It in not an easy DIY though.
Stupid cheap plastic arm breaks off of the motor. The motor is trying to change the direction of air flow in your HVAC system. Very annoying and very expensive.
Stupid cheap plastic arm breaks off of the motor. The motor is trying to change the direction of air flow in your HVAC system. Very annoying and very expensive.
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It's one of your many stepper motors and, if you can find someone to fix it for $500, go for it. I bet you can't though. Dealer quoted me around $1k for mine and after I protested (to put it mildly) agreed to lower it to $850. I counter offered with $500 but they wouldn't do it. An independent mechanic refused to even touch it. So, alas, I live with it. Problem in my mind on springing for the repair is that this is the second one that went bad on my car (1st was fixed under warranty though they tried to back out of that), and there are several in the dash. I don't want to have $4k invested in stepper motors on a $20k car.
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It's one of your many stepper motors and, if you can find someone to fix it for $500, go for it. I bet you can't though. Dealer quoted me around $1k for mine and after I protested (to put it mildly) agreed to lower it to $850. I counter offered with $500 but they wouldn't do it. An independent mechanic refused to even touch it. So, alas, I live with it. Problem in my mind on springing for the repair is that this is the second one that went bad on my car (1st was fixed under warranty though they tried to back out of that), and there are several in the dash. I don't want to have $4k invested in stepper motors on a $20k car.
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I wonder what would happen if they were to just disconnect all the stepper motors instead of fixing the broken arm. Are these cheap arm things really necessary? I would rather just pull the dash once, disconnect them all and never worry about it again. Anyone have any real reason not to do this?
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actually it is a design flaw. i changed my stepper linkages myself and found that it was fixed (probably under warranty) by the previous owner. instead of changing both linkage arms they only changed the one that was broken. if u examine the new linkages they are thicker than the old ones, but man they are a pain to get to. now i could do it in about 2 hrs but it took me all day to get it apart. the instructions posted in previous threads was almost dead on. the new arms cost me $20 and my dealer was charging about $500 for the fix.
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actually it is a design flaw. i changed my stepper linkages myself and found that it was fixed (probably under warranty) by the previous owner. instead of changing both linkage arms they only changed the one that was broken. if u examine the new linkages they are thicker than the old ones, but man they are a pain to get to. now i could do it in about 2 hrs but it took me all day to get it apart. the instructions posted in previous threads was almost dead on. the new arms cost me $20 and my dealer was charging about $500 for the fix.
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You got lucky -- or maybe the one which failed in yours was easier to access than the one which has failed in mine? Who knows? Totally agree it's a complete rip-off but even pushing the dealer I couldn't get them to go below $850, and I passed. I found a good independent MB mechanic so I'll get a quote from him and let you know. For $608 I'd give it serious thought -- if they'd be willing to replace all the arms while they were in there. Personally, I think that if this is a design flaw, MB should fix these for its owners free of cost, warranty or not.
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AGREED! Same thing with the front shock bushing update they did. Still under warranty but they would only cover 1 of them and you can't just run the updated part, needed both, and wanted me to come out of pocket close to a grand. I passed....
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