Removing and installing temperature flap control motor V68, LHD vehicles — VW

🧭 Before you start

Access is the left footwell console trim, the driver's footwell vent and the J533 gateway, then bolts (3) only are removed and bracket (1) is held towards the brake pedal. The connector is marked and disconnected, the cover removed, the securing bolts taken out and the lever released from the connecting rod. The mounting is cut from the old motor and fitted with the cut-off bracket and a new oval-head screw to the new motor marked X on the blower box. The event memory is read and erased, basic setting is run in guided fault finding, and heater and air conditioning operation are checked.

Fits: platform code 138

Don't miss

• Mark connector (C) before unplugging; identical connectors on neighbouring motors interchange easily.
• Do not remove bolts (1) or bracket (2); only bolts (3) come out.
• The new motor is the one marked X; fit the correct link to it.
• Mounting (1) is cut from the old motor with side cutters and reused with the new screw (2).
• Erase the event memory and run basic setting, then check heater and air conditioning.

Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.

📋 Procedure

1. Remove centre console trim in left footwell (other parts of centre console do not need to be removed) General body repairs, interior68Compartments, covers and trims
2. Remove footwell vent on driver side .
3. Remove data bus diagnosis interface J533Electrical System97Control units; Diagnosis interface for data bus J533 (Gateway).
4. Remove bolts (3). [Note: Do not remove bolts (1).Do not remove bracket (2).]
5. Press bracket (1) in direction of brake pedal (arrow) and hold in place using suitable means (e.g. cable tie).

6. Mark connector (C) to control motor (danger of interchanging with other connectors of same construction).
7. Disconnect connector (C) on temperature flap control motor V68.
8. Remove cover (A).
9. Remove securing bolts (D) and remove temperature flap control motor V68(B).
10. Release control motor lever (E) from connecting rod (F).
11. Comply with notes . [Note: Risk of malfunction of heater or air conditioning system caused by improperly installed control motors or links.Mark the correct allocation of the connectors to the control motors.Always install the appropriate links to the control motors.]
12. Using side cutters, separate mounting (1) from old temperature flap control motor V68.
13. Position new temperature flap control motor V68, marked with an "“X”", with new oval-head screw (2) and cut-off bracket (1) on bracket (3) on blower box.
14. Read event memory and erase any entries displayed. Then perform "“basic setting”" using in "“Guided fault finding”" mode.
15. As a final step, check operation of heater and air conditioning system.

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