Tommy 35 SS

I searched but found nothing on this. When I have the a/c or heater going sometimes I hear this sound like paper hitting a fan. Well a year back my flywheel cracked because of a starter actuator(or whatever the thing is called that engages the starter to flywheel) got stuck.

My car was under warranty (still is), and when I took it in I asked them to fix the a/c too thinking it was a defect. It turned out to be leaves in the a/c ducts and payed a $125 for them to get them out

I wasn't too mad because the dealer did fix my car, they did have to take the dash apart (not sure how hard that is?) and I got 2X the value of warranty in service

anyways back to the leaves, my (former) service adviser said to just keep the leaves from accumulating on the car. I told him my car is mostly garage kept, I didn't bury the car in leaves or anything. I was wondering WTF? how did leaves get in there? I looked at the ducts in front of the windshield and there are 3 big gaps, 2 by both of the bases of the windshield wipers, and one by the passenger side windshield sprayer. Now since all the leaves had been taken out last year it's happening again, I kept the windshield as clear as possible, but we have a bunch of oak trees at our house and I can't watch it continuously.

What should I do to get the leaves out? Attempt to take apart the dash? Or take the panel out at the base of the windshield and go in through that way?

And what about those gaps? Should I get some wire mesh to fill them in like the rest of the ducts are?

Has anyone else had this problem?

Any help would be appreciated


I can put up pictures of the gaps later if I'm not too busy if anybody wants to see

NonGoggleGuy

What kind of car?

2001NBMZ28

I've had the same issue with the leaves. Go under the passenger side dash and unhook the electrical connector to the blower, then remove the 3 screws holding it in. The motor/cage fan pulls out of the box as a unit. If it's only a few I run the blower on the highest setting for a few minutes.

Tommy 35 SS

the one in my signature
2002 Camaro SS

Tommy 35 SS

ok thanks that's awesome

what about those gaps and keeping the leaves out? any suggestions, well besides just keeping leaves off my car which I already do

2001NBMZ28

Must have the same species oak I have, leaves are small. I've even pulled ones sticking out from between the cowling and the windshield, and in the spring those brown "stringy" things get everywhere, even under the hood. Don't know what the solution is, I just keep my car cover on in the spring and fall as much as I can.

Tommy 35 SS

Yeah that's exactly the oak I have

Thanks for your help, if anybody else has any suggestions, please pitch in. I'm going to see if I can come up with something to block some of the leaves from getting in through the gaps

I'll post when I do, along with those pics a little later

NonGoggleGuy

How is that car still under warranty? Did you buy it from the warranty store?

Tommy 35 SS

Beck&Masten Pontiac Buick GMC sold it to me as a GM Certified Used car in August of 2006. I bought the 3 year/36,000 mile warranty

They actually weren't supposed to certify it, but they sold it to me saying it was and actually it wasn't. I had bought the car and the warranty already so I made them certify it

or they take the car back, which I actually didn't want to do

NonGoggleGuy

Wow!! What a deal! I just bought a brand new car and barely talked them into an extended warranty.

Anyways, just like these guys said... undo the bolts where the fan is under the glove box, and free the leaves. Hopefully, you'll get them all. Sometimes, they get stuck before the fan, and the fan sucks them in; so you may be doing this again later on.

Good luck.

Tommy 35 SS

thanx both of y'all were a lot of help