In 1 minute: how to remove the glove box and replace the blower motor/fan on a B6 or B7 Passat

Explained in a minute - and again in five - how to remove and install a blower fan on a 2005-2015 VW Passat, which is made a lot easier if you take the glove box out: for the latter there’s a trick, but for the former you’ll likely need some brute force and verbal abuse.
0:00 There's a trick to it
0:16 Quick how-to
1:28 Tools needed
2:00 Glove box removal
3:18 Blower removal
3:55 Blower installation
5:12 Glove box installation

[@juankerr]

My replacement part number was 1K2820015G. Yours will probably differ.

[@andrewsawyer1283]

My local VW Specialist wants to charge me £468 to replace the alleged 'heater motor mechanical malfunction' due to put heater blower just not working when I went to start my 2012 Passat estate one day - thought at that cost it would involve removing half the dash - Thank you so much for posting this informative video - definitely a job for me at the weekend 👍

[@carllongden9893]

Thank you so much, no swearing or throwing tantrums, 1 and 1/2 hours start to finish, great video made it easy, thanks again

[@mahmoodaljumyly3596]

I can’t thank you enough. They asked for 420 to get this fixed !! I watched this video ordered part all together costs 90£ now working mint

[@jameswalbridge6081]

This is by far the best video I have found! Nobody told me to use a flat head in that little slot to release!

[@chadgertler9591]

Excellent video! Concise and to the point. Just a quick watch and easily understood. So appreciate it!

[@grantwallace1882]

New fan installed and all working. I could not have done it without the help of this great video.

[@rhinoaeon674]

I got the blower motor out today! Thanks for this video which really helped! I found there are 2 little arrows to help you align the blower motor in the right place when you turn it round to take it out. One on the blower motor and one on the surround. It helps if you put a mirror on the floor of the car so you can see what you're doing. To get the blower motor out you turn it about 20 degrees clockwise as you look up from underneath. Definitely clockwise. That's in a right hand drive VW Passat B6. I used a screwdriver to push on the tab to move the motor round because I couldn't budge it with my bare hands. It almost fell out once I'd lined up those arrows.

[@colinnorthridge7318]

thank you so much for this video i was having a nightmare trying to change the blower over. This was clear and very concise. My only issue was when it came to re-installing the blower an securing it the bloody clipped snapped! That bit is an absolutely mare.

[@Butterflymaya]

Great video just finished fitting mine you are a legend now i can have warm journeys to work.

[@hungrychowhound11612]

I am in your debt. You were straightforward and insightful. This has got to be one of the best diy's I've seen so far. No B.S. your help was really great. Thank you so much. From this side of the pond. Cheers my friend.

[@awayhulala6778]

The little trick to remove the glove box is magical and saves me tons of time. Thanks a lot for your excellent video ! Just a tip for those guys who want to apply the kilma cleaner to the evaporator, if you are working on a VW CC, no need to take blower motor out. the evaporator can be reached by taking cabin filter out.

[@rhinoaeon674]

Please put up more videos! This one is brilliant, Thank you!

[@Jono-cz3wg]

Fantastic video! My blower motor stopped worked all together a few weeks ago. I followed this video and was able to remove my my old one and with the help of lots of WD-40 and a toothbrush it's now working perfectly. I did find the hardest part locating the blower back into position.

[@barryw53]

Brilliant! Thanks for a great video. Mine started making a loud rattling noise, then stopped altogether. Someone had been in there before me and not located it properly - not giving that final push to locate the tab properly. I slotted it back in and gave it a test, then gave it the final push to locate the tab. That last push is much harder than you want to push, but it did go in. Just make sure you aren't pinching any wires when the glove box goes back in, especially along the bottom and right sides.

[@ankorat]

The "jiggery pokery" is what I was looking for. Thank you 😊

[@JonGiles]

This saves me so much time! Fan was only running on 3 and 4 so guessed resistor bank. Should have just changed it but wanted to check the fan was free running and no issuers. This guide and the slot trick worked perfectly. Thanks for putting it together!

[@shoukatkhushi]

Many thanks for this vedeo, took my car to a local garage quoted me £50 for the labour. Watched this vedeo few times and did it myself. Thanks again.

[@alexd855]

Thank you for the video, followed it exactly and now have heat again without the price tag

[@irish9head]

Excellent video. Straight forward easy to follow and ended up saving me close to 500 euro. Thank you

[@optic1972]

Fab video, just removed mine as I have a high pitched squeak! The lower clip seemed to push towards the firewall if anyone gets stuck. I used a combination of brake cleaner and then some GT bike cleaner with PTFE. I think its fixed the issue! I would also add for anyone doing this job to replace their cabin filter as you are right next to it :) Thanks again!

[@huseyinsensei6617]

I was struggling with this glove box today your video helped me a lot dear friend. Thank you very much for sharing this 👍👍👍👍

[@ghineabogdan5687]

Very good explanations. Helped me a lot. Tks

[@AntonTuuliaho]

Thank you, I put a new motor in today!

[@DJAluvious]

Great video, was super easy to remove glovebox and get to the BCM

[@Columbiaq]

Thank you! Literally it took me 10 minutes to change it with this video help. You are legend!

[@juankerr]

No worries, babe.

[@ecceben]

awesome -- thanks for this video. i took my vw to a non-vw repair shop because (what i thought) the resistor had gone bad due to the fan speed control being stuck at full on blast. the mechanic told me it was in fact the blower motor. so i leave it to the mechanic to fix, and return to pick up the car. sitting in my driver's seat was an odd looking piece of plastic. thanks to your video, i now know it was the bracket you popped out from the side compartment. apparently the mechanic didn't think it was important to replace that. one week in, and the blower motor is making a horrible clicking sound, like it's either got something in between the blades or it's pulling an incorrect amount of power. it's very "electrical" whining and whirring sound. i'm definitely going to give this a go based on your video. i originally thought the blower motor on mine was in the foot well where the resistor is, but the sound it's now making is definitely coming from right behind the dash and glovebox. long comment to say thanks for this!

[@acryptoq6868]

Thanks for the video. Just swapped mine . Took me about 1hr with your video. Thanks a ton bro!!!! 2015 vw cc. Mine was either the resistor or the fan I ordered it together for 168 and replaced both. Shop fee would have easily been 500+

[@ghandarff]

Thankyou for that the only video that shows you how to do it qithout breaking anything 👍

[@adrianlupu11]

Thank you! Managed to get mine working again!

[@AbbadMinhas]

Thank you so much. This helped me. Most grateful.

[@WickedLC]

I drive a 2010 CC and this video was everything I needed and more. Thank you so much for the great upload!

[@NickHamiltonUK]

Spot on, thank you very much! The only difference was I had 4 screws at the top of the box. All done in30 mins. Managed to break the tabs off the new fan trying to fit it, would let tighten up. But all good 🤞

[@jeffbandy7065]

Helpful video! THANK YOU!!!

[@IonutOne]

Thank you for this video ! Help me more.

[@dreshadaughterofjesus4063]

Very very helpful. I appreciate it!

[@bogdandumitrescu5251]

Smashing video. Much appreciated as I must have saved over 200£ fixing it on my own. One mention: I used tx20 screwdrivers

[@juankerr]

TX20s, I’m sure you’re right about that: I’ll have to have a word with the script editor.

[@treythehardway]

Commence verbal abuse! Appreciate this video, thanks a lot. ✌🏼

[@dhanwantsingh2424]

Thanks dear for this video its help me to change my passat 2013 1.6 blower

[@iandaly1546]

Excellent video, thank you, everything went splendidly, all out and back together within an hour and I did take my time, checking against your video as I went. Only real problem and obviously the reason for the fuses blowing, the fan motor was seized, thought I'd give it a fiddle before shelling out for new one though. Serious dose of WD40, left for a couple of minutes had it moving by hand, several spins back and forth and another liberal dose saw it moving smoothly. All now good apart from an annoying high pitched squeal but mitigated by the fragrance of WD40. If the squeal persists I'll disassemble the lot and try again, but for the time being I'll put up with the noise, it's too cold in the barn!

[@mitchellireland7134]

You are literally a life saver

[@juankerr]

No worries, Mike.

[@nitintyagi5148]

Really helpful, thanks

[@frankhough3660]

Brilliant. Thank you

[@Renegar87]

Great video

[@punitjodhani9002]

Thank you so much for the info

[@druidjuicer636]

This is great. One thing... my motor unit spun off in the opposite direction to this one. I thought it was stuck fast but once I had the securing clip raised and rotated the motor clockwise (viewed from below, looking upwards) it came out very easily. Useful video though, esp on screw hole and clip locations. Cheers!

[@MichaelLee-ll1sy]

Mine is the same, I was struggling removing it for 1 whole day until I found it should be done clockwise, it just took seconds for removing😂

[@svrider2006s]

Thanks for the video bud

[@stuartevans3297]

Hi, thanks for the video. I had got stuck at the point were the glovebox would not come out after removing all screws. A couple of additional comments though, the fan turns clockwise to release and anticlockwise to tighten (opposite to normal)2011 with automatic climate control, there is also a square screw tab that aligns with a screwpost that for some reason vw hasn't used, a small self tapper in this tab will securely lock the fan positively in the correct orientation.

[@demontagemontage]

thank you

[@johnchild2331]

Great video. I was hoping to just replace the worn out brushes... but struggling to find 8mm x 8mm replacements. For quite a while our fan cut in on left hand bends and cut out on right hand ones!

[@airbulb]

Excellent thanks spot on.

[@johnwalton6270]

Very good very clear uncompleted

[@juankerr]

cheers, John.

[@bluedeckelectronics]

Good video !!!!

[@RobsDIY]

Thanks for this! Is this how to access the parking sensor buzzer too? On the RHD models

[@johnneedham2371]

Great video. It was a great help with fixing my car. Only observation is I think you are rotating fan assembly in wrong direction. It’s clockwise to loosen and remove, anti clockwise to tighten. It works easier that way and the shape of the plastic tabs is clearly tapered for this direction. I definitely fits easier this way,

[@juankerr]

I concur, Jim; must have still been a bit pissed up when I did the VO.

[@rgorham99]

My model is 2009 also had larger T20 screws and had to remove 3 more screws two at bottom of trim eiether side and one holding the piping in place to get enough clearance.

[@floydgilmour3994]

Awesome video, took me about 15minutes after watching. One tip if you are struggling to get the fan back in take out the silver torx on the bottom bracket, it only takes a few extra seconds then you can twist the bracket out of the way a few inches and the fan slips right in. (Can see it to the bottom left of the fan housing on the vid at 1:19)

[@jamietaplin3538]

Top man

[@squowse2]

I would give this 10 likes of possible. Thanks!

[@photosmithy]

Hi, excellent calm narrative. My wife has a 2011 VW CC. The blower either comes on immediately or several minutes after driving. It sounds healthy, so I was wondering are these the symptoms your car had too? many thanks

[@ahmetsenturk5029]

hi there! thanks for this helpful video. I've got b6 also and blower doesn't work, just wonder how to understand the problem is on the blower or electrical? I am not mechanic. btw there is light on the dashboard when you turn on the ac on

[@grantwallace1882]

Brilliant video.... I need a new screwdriver.

[@neoconfectionery]

Incredible video - thank you so much for this. VW quoted me $500 to replace mine and I just did it for $115. Only comment is my 2008 Passat 2.0T had T20 screws, not T15. I don’t know if the tech that replaced the fan the first time just used different screws or VW switched it up for my car.

[@rgorham99]

2009 also has T20.

[@nicolehouse6644]

Really hoping I can pull this off myself lol .. snow is on the way very soon

[@igobortolon]

Hello, great video! Could you please tell me what is the type (code) of the screw that is used? I bought a b7 passat and the screws on the bottom of the glove box are not there

[@warrior_grips]

Hello, the polystyrene cover at the very start of the video is missing on mine, which seems to be meaning that air is leaking straight into the foot well and not much is making it to the blowers. Motor seems to be working fine. Do you know what this part is called so that I can replace it?

[@christianwood8772]

Hi , I have a vw cc and the fan is intermittent, could it be resistor of blower, what do you think 🤔 and a great video 🤘

[@rhinoaeon674]

Is lefty loosely anticlockwise as you look up at the fan from below? My head is spinning!

[@vamodizer]

Hello!! If something falls into de middle vent, is there any place where I can recover the falling piece??

[@petermcmillan1773]

I drove through a small section maybe 15m of standing water about 5"deep. The blower motor started sloshing water and spitting it out on the passenger floor. Where is the cabin air inlet in these cars? Next to the wheels? Good grief.... Great video btw I have to drain the water out of my blower so this was superb...

[@adrianlupu11]

Can you please tell me what was your error on vcds?

[@snacklofter]

👍👍

[@nitintyagi5148]

I want to clean the ac grills, if you have any link, please share

[@majdjaddo1104]

👌

[@davidvitek5129]

Can you please share part number of the polystyrene cover?

[@ridhaselmi4950]

Great video , i unplugged the air bag of the left hand side of the draw , no i have an airbag light on the dash 🤦🏻‍♂️ !! Any idea on how to get ride of that ?! Thanks

[@juankerr]

Yeah, don't do that: disconnect the battery, plug the connector back in, wait 15 minutes, connect the battery.

[@scottdrew6403]

Why is the service manual so important for the reinstalling of the new fan? It looks straight forward?

[@eFukt1]

Any ideas why my ac only works on full blast? Few weeks ago the low and middle fan setting stopped working but works on highest setting.

[@spencermccabe6313]

holy shit man I have been dealing with this problem and I finally solved it. My AC in my 2009 Vw CC only worked on the highest setting and its because the AC resistor was blown. It is a 10-20$ part and you can put it in yourself in about 20 minutes. fixed it right away.

[@shaj8]

Hi thanks for your video can you help me what is part number for blower motor for VW Cc 2014,might be part number need to find right one

[@juankerr]

This was a 1K2820015G. Compare the removed part, but sometimes a part with the last letter changed will work

[@Doppo69]

I’ve done this and my air bag cables and other cables are really short! made it really hard to get glove box in, but I wouldn’t let it drop to the floor like that in case your cables are short like mine!

[@jakemybigblackdog]

My fan is on the way out on my CC, Does anyone knows the part number for the fan?

[@rhinoaeon674]

lefty loosely to get it out? Mine only moves clockwise! I got the tab out and moved it 20 degrees clockwise, but it still won't come out....do I need to move it back the other way (anticlockwise) over the tab again and 20 degrees the other side? Which way do I move it to get it out!

[@juankerr]

Yeah, that’s the swearing at it bit: Both to remove it and reinstall it, you’ll need to keep twisting and reefing on it until the bastard budges.

[@dayv]

My fan works but its like there its a flap stopping the air entering the cabin. Amy idea?

[@juankerr]

Sounds like you know which flap has failed, so it’s probably a matter of replacing the actuator.

[@dayv]

@@juankerr cheers buddy.

[@smiliyon]

Great video and help massive, glove box and fan removed tonight, mechanic said try some wd40 on it might free it up so that's on now so we'll see tomorrow.

[@quentabyte]

At approximately 41 seconds it’s hard to tell where you removed that clip from…