Removing and installing temperature flap control motor V68 with potentiometer G92 — VW
Removing and installing temperature flap control motor V68 with potentiometer G92 on VW: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes AU1, BX5
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- The upper bolt can be accessed with a commercially available ratchet.
- Check operation of flaps and hinge mechanism before fitting.Make sure levers and shafts are properly fitted in the mounts.
- If the gear wheels on the control motor and temperature flap lever do not align, rotate the receptacle in the control motor.If the bolts cannot be fitted, the control motor is not completely seated on the housing.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Equipment version with ignition lock: Remove ignition key.
- ⚠ Risk of injury from knee airbag.Before handling electrical connector, the person handling it must "“electrostatically discharge”" himself/herself. Observe safety precautions for working on airbags General body repairs, interior00Safety information; Safety precautions for working with pyrotechnic components. — Remove footwell vent on driver side .
- Pull actuating lever (3) off heater unit. [Note: The upper bolt can be accessed with a commercially available ratchet.]
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Disconnect electrical connector (2).
- Remove temperature flap control motor V68(1). [Note: Check operation of flaps and hinge mechanism before fitting.Make sure levers and shafts are properly fitted in the mounts.]
- Fit control motor (1) on air distribution housing. Gear wheel (2) on control motor must engage in the gear wheel (3) on actuating lever. [Note: If the gear wheels on the control motor and temperature flap lever do not align, rotate the receptacle in the control motor.If the bolts cannot be fitted, the control motor is not completely seated on the housing.]
- Switch on ignition, connect respective control motor to vehicle wiring harness and select a setting on operating and display unit to set control motor to desired position (e.g. mid-position). Wait until control motor has moved to desired position and switch off ignition.
- Route wiring harness so that it cannot come into contact with any moving parts (e.g. actuating arm on control motor).
- Read event memory and erase any entries displayed. Then perform "“basic setting”" in "“Guided fault-finding”" mode.
- As a final step, check operation of heater and air conditioning system.
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