Couple problems with my AU I

Eu-GenixX · 08-09-2007, 02:51 PM

i posted this in the common problems thread.. but i don't know of anyone actually read/responds in there anymroe considering the sheer size of it...

I'm having problems with my air con in my 98 Futura...

sometimes the fan won't turn on.. at all.. but if i turn off the car.. and back on.. sometime it works.. the longer i leave it off.. the more chance i have of it working...

also when i press the a/c button.. it doesn't stay on... as soon as ai take my finger off the button the light goes off and a/c disengages....but the a/c max button works fine... any idea on these faults??

also my brakes a sqeeky after i release the hand brake... i'll drive for a little while and they squeek and it eventually goes away.... any idea whats causing that?.. other then those things.. the car is running sweet and is very healthy for 230,000 km...

Eu-GenixX · 09-09-2007, 08:34 AM

no one has had either problem?

Racecraft · 09-09-2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Eu-GenixX

sometimes the fan won't turn on.. at all.. but if i turn off the car.. and back on.. sometime it works.. the longer i leave it off.. the more chance i have of it working...

also when i press the a/c button.. it doesn't stay on... as soon as ai take my finger off the button the light goes off and a/c disengages....but the a/c max button works fine... any idea on these faults??

there is a circuit board that runs the switch and all knobs.. it is a pita to change and isn't cheap, but if you take note of where all the vacuum lines go it isn't an overtly hard job just time consuming

NC1183 · 09-09-2007, 01:49 PM

Mine does similar sometimes if the fan speed switch isn't fully in its stop, ie 1, 2, 3, or 4. Thats on an AUII ute.

Eu-GenixX · 09-09-2007, 02:45 PM

ahh.. thanks for the reply guys... gives me a place to start... maybe pulling the console out and have a look/clean could help....

Eu-GenixX · 30-01-2009, 02:04 PM

just to follow up on the earlier problem of my a/c switches...

what part number on the image below do i need to replace?

number 16-17... or number 9.... or both? or something else entirely?

thanks
Trent

Eu-GenixX · 01-02-2009, 07:53 PM

ok.. another update.. for anyone else who has this problem...

i've pulled centre dash out.... including the climate control panel thing..

it's not a simple fix as i was hoping... but as mentioned above.. it's an entire circuit board type thing... and dear as poison from ford... so i'm hoping to find a second hand job from a wreckers somewhere....

as for the fan... the motor was just stuffed.. so had to replace it...

onfire · 01-02-2009, 08:50 PM

As for the brakes, I dare say its due to the amount of dust in the air, and how dry its been. Build up of crap on the brakes.

Eu-GenixX · 01-02-2009, 09:03 PM

i replaced the front rotors.. that helped.. still a slight noise from the rears

BA_GTR · 02-02-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Eu-GenixX

as for the fan... the motor was just stuffed.. so had to replace it...

I thought our fan had died too when we suffered similar symptoms.. however after disconnecting it and testing it we found that it still worked. I also noticed the use of stickytape on the wire connected to the fan.. so this may be a common thing. If you haven't checked whether its dead properly, it might be worth trying

Eu-GenixX · 03-02-2009, 01:56 AM

yeah.. when it was pulled out.. it was definately dead... heh.. they aren't cheap to replace either..