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Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:50 pm
by Denis O
Never known this before but, with the start of all this warm weather, the climate is being used in anger for the first time this year. It pumps out lots of cold air to the face vents but the drivers side vents are ever so slightly warmer than the passenger side. So that's the centre right and the far right.
It's almost imperceptible but definitely there.
Anyone else had this and found a fix.
Once that's done I'll be cleaning the rear lights as it's just started giving spurious brake light and tail light warnings.
Re: Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:21 pm
by X5Sport
Could be the FSR warming it up?
Richard
Re: Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:05 pm
by CondorX5
This used to happen notoriously on the old Range Rover P38, the model that BMW used to design the initial X5. It was the blend distribution motor under the dashboard, a real pig to get to - not sure what additional motors the X5 has similar to that blend motor, but its the same symptom.
The rear light clusters on X5s are also prone to failing - mine were replaced under warranty about a year ago - but they can be cleaned and resoldered.
Re: Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:13 pm
by X5Sport
When my dash was removed to change a fan, the service drone told me there were 9 fans!!
No idea if it's true, but it sounded very over complex.
Richard
Re: Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:21 pm
by CondorX5
The RR had 4 I think, under dash, so that might well be the case as there were 4 others in the footwells and elsewhere in the car! Crazy overengineering, I guess, especially as repairs meant extremely expensive dash removal. RR indys developed a way of getting to the blend motor without having to take the dash out eventually, but main dealers always refused any way but entire dash removal to get at the fan.
Re: Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:58 pm
by Denis O
It appears it's a more common problem than I thought. Even an e70 on here is having the same problem.
Looks like an impending gassing for me. It was done a couple of years ago so a bit quick to be losing gas although it's obviously not all gone.
Seems to be back to equal today!!!
Re: Odd Climate Issue
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:09 pm
by kjb1
[quote="Denis O"]
It appears it's a more common problem than I thought. Even an e70 on here is having the same problem.
Looks like an impending gassing for me. It was done a couple of years ago so a bit quick to be losing gas although it's obviously not all gone.
Seems to be back to equal today!!!
[/quote]
you have read my posts i take it
