Good evening all. My blower has all of a sudden stopped working. Worked fine when I went to work and now it's dead and worn turn on at all. I've checked fuses and they seem ok.
Could be the blower resistor from what I've read? Is that located on the driver side up beside the middle of the console? Also is that where the blower motor is too?
2016 Nissan Versa Note SV Blower not running
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Re: 2016 Nissan Versa Note SV Blower not running
https://www.nicoclub.com/service-manual ... %2FHAC.pdf
Exploded diagram is on HAC-55. The blower and resistor (VBC) are both on the lefthand side of the HVAC and both require pulling the gas pedal assembly to replace. The VBC connector can be gotten loose for diagnosis without removing anything, but it's partially hidden around the back of the HVAC housing, so you have to yank it blind with your hand in an awkward position behind the pedal. Since you haven't done one, I recommend using a dentist's mirror and flashlight to get a look at the connector, so you can see where the release is before trying to pop it loose.
The normal blower rules apply -- if the motor tests bad and the VBC tests good, you can just replace the motor. If the VBC tests bad but the motor tests good, replace the motor anyway (there's about a 90% chance it's drawing too much startup current and caused the VBC to fail, so replacing the VBC by itself will just have you doing the job again in a week or a month).
Exploded diagram is on HAC-55. The blower and resistor (VBC) are both on the lefthand side of the HVAC and both require pulling the gas pedal assembly to replace. The VBC connector can be gotten loose for diagnosis without removing anything, but it's partially hidden around the back of the HVAC housing, so you have to yank it blind with your hand in an awkward position behind the pedal. Since you haven't done one, I recommend using a dentist's mirror and flashlight to get a look at the connector, so you can see where the release is before trying to pop it loose.
The normal blower rules apply -- if the motor tests bad and the VBC tests good, you can just replace the motor. If the VBC tests bad but the motor tests good, replace the motor anyway (there's about a 90% chance it's drawing too much startup current and caused the VBC to fail, so replacing the VBC by itself will just have you doing the job again in a week or a month).
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Re: 2016 Nissan Versa Note SV Blower not running
Awesome, thank you for the reply. I'm going to try and tackle this later today!
Re: 2016 Nissan Versa Note SV Blower not running
I stand gobsmacked by this.
I have to replace the blower resistor on a 2014 Nissan Versa Note; my wife asked how long that might take and I replied "Probably a couple minutes," expecting the thing to be under the hood where it flippin' belongs.
I have replaced the blower motor, and was somewhat put out that they didn't mount it on the passenger side and instead made me take apart the steering linkage to replace it, but figured that was an engineering outlier.
Is an electrical part. They could mount it anywhere. "Oh, we wanted to put it behind the righthand tail light just for fun."
There is no sane engineering reason to place it where they did. It is not logical. It is not sensible. It was not necessary. It is doubleplus ungood.
Generally I like Japanese engineering, but I suspect that in the case of this model they were messing with us with malice aforethought.
I have to replace the blower resistor on a 2014 Nissan Versa Note; my wife asked how long that might take and I replied "Probably a couple minutes," expecting the thing to be under the hood where it flippin' belongs.
I have replaced the blower motor, and was somewhat put out that they didn't mount it on the passenger side and instead made me take apart the steering linkage to replace it, but figured that was an engineering outlier.
Is an electrical part. They could mount it anywhere. "Oh, we wanted to put it behind the righthand tail light just for fun."
There is no sane engineering reason to place it where they did. It is not logical. It is not sensible. It was not necessary. It is doubleplus ungood.
Generally I like Japanese engineering, but I suspect that in the case of this model they were messing with us with malice aforethought.