BANgLE Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Not sure if this is fixable, but when I turn my heater/defroster etc on, I have to go to at least the second setting before anything starts coming out. Setting's 2,3,4 work but not 1. The lights for the buttons come on when I switch it to #1, just no air comes out. I would like to have that spot working since all the rest are quite loud when just cruising. Any ideas? ~Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 There is a resistor coil that controls the lower fan settings. The resistor is located under the passenger kick panel, to the left of the fan motor. There is a plastic tab on the lower panel that fits into a slot. The slot is on the resistor itself, it drops out with 2 screws. If you remove it, you will likely find one of the coils are broken. You can solder in a resistor if you know what resistance is needed for each speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Find one in a junkyard and replace the entire thing. Subaru used the same unit over many years and many models. No sense in soldering in a resistor; the wire coil is a very high wattage and low resistance wire. You're not going to find a replacement resistor that will fit and work for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail_pride Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Anyone have a pic of where the resistors are or are covered by? I looked once and was stumped. Didn't look hard, was just replacing the glove box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANgLE Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Cool! Thanks, I will take a look under there and see what I find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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