I agree, I think I had about $20 and two hours invested in this. WELL worth the effort in my book. Go for it!

 

i appreciate it broSSS... lol but i just do not wanna take the time and do this.. plus i have a indash tv in ma car that i put in maself...

 

No worries. To each his own. Another option might be to get the whole unit and Just have the mechanic swap it in for you. Would be more expensive, but that doesn't seem to be an issue for you. One of the vendors here sells them, at least I think I remember seeing it on someones site. I'll see if I can find a link.

Found it: http://www.rotaryfx.com/product_p/per1042.htm

 

Great Post
Saved me a load of time and trouble.

2004 6M 165,000 miles and going strong

 

I just did this fix... A/C works good as new now! I must say, the solder job onthose three points from the factory was terrible! hardly any solder on it at all...

 

Hey I did this fix and now my heat works but after I put the radio back my instrument panel doesnt work??? The radio works but no lights on the panel.... I checked the fuses and they all looked good, I dont know which one runs the panel.. Any ideas??

 

I figured out the problem, officially I am a dumb a**.. unofficially if you forget to plug back in the wires on the side of the radio before reinstalling it the instrument panel wont work..

 

^SLAP urself with a hot IRON

 

I'm going to ask a dumb question for clarification - by instrument panel are you referring to the radio-A/C display or the gauges (tach, etc.)? The reason I ask is that if you don't get the small wiring harness on the left (driver's) side of the radio plugged back in correctly, it will mess up the radio-A/C display. I didn't get mine seated fully on reassembly and it caused an erratic display. If it wasn't plugged in at all, you wouldn't get any display. The backlighting would come on, but no text, numbers, etc.

Later,

Luke

Edit: DOH!! I was a bit slow . . . . .

 

now that its cold again this is def getting done asap. thanks for the diy

 

^lol LAZY

 

I did plug the soldering iron back in and held it in my eye until I puked

 

^thats the spirit~! ....Glad you figured out ur problem though!

 

I was not getting any heat out of my vents, and followed these instructions step by step and it worked perfectly. Kudos to the Author! -Thanks

 

+1 kudos for this post! This helped me out as well... only 20k miles in and the thing broke

 

Worked like a charm!! Thank you very much

 

Just did it for a buddy and it worked perfectly. Gonna do mine the next time we have good weather. Thanks!

 

I just joined this forum, looking for advice on my broken heater,,, found a thread posted by WINGNUT, told me how to diagnose the problem and step by step how to fix the problem! saved me time & $$$$!!!
thank you wingnut! you rock!!!!

 

Just did this today ! Everything is fixed ! took me about 1 hr 15 min
Thanks for the step by step DIY !

 

Thanks a ton for posting this - I just did the repair last night and it works like a champ.

 

Did this a couple of days ago on my daughters 06, and it works 100%. Only hard part was the disconnection of the wires. Otherwise great DIY. Saved me a pile of cash. Thanks again Wingnut.

 

thanks a lot.

 

Yep I just soldered a buddy's and everything works good now.

 

The DIY worked PERFECTLY!

It was a royal P-I-T-A to unplug everything. One of the leads in particular is so short that was tough to disconnect and reconnect, but I managed after several tries.

Disassembly is super easy and soldering was no problem, though I strongly recommend no more than a 15amp soldering pen. Anything hotter and you risk burning a trace if you aren't careful.

 

I had this same problem. My car was stuck on the AC. It was fine until the fall started to really cool off. I opened the ac diagnostic menu, and my ac was stuck at 0. This is a great thread! Follow these steps exactly and you wont have any trouble fixing this problem!!! Thanks so much to the OP!!I finally have heat!