Climate control fan stopped blowing suddenly (E46)

[Jeff_G 0]

Hey,

Today the climate control fan on my 2000 E46 330i suddenly stopped blowing any air at all. Nothing on the normal setting and no different on the AC setting. I've read a couple of threads on the forum about this and it appears to be a common E46 fault. From what I've read there seem to be a couple of culprits for this:

- Heater blower motor (thing with two circles on either side)

- Blower motor resistor (thing with spikes/cones)

My problem sounds a little different from what I've read so far as I don't (didn't) have any weird chirping noises or irregular fan speeds. It literally worked one minute and not the next.

Does anyone have any idea what my problem might be and what's required to fix it? Any approximate prices would be great too!

Cheers,

Jeff

[hotwire 352]

From symptoms it sounds like the FSR (plug play replace) rather than the fan motor (unlikely).

You are only guessing though - best get it checked to confirm as you may find you spend money unecessarily on the wrong part.