Be careful with receipts around your dash / vent area

[yarisworld]

Last week I was going to work and put on my vent and heard this really loud sound on the highest setting.

I didn't hear it at all on the lower settings.

So I figured the motor for the ac / heater has started to act up.

I take it to the dealer and they listen and say somethings wrong as well.

When I went to pick it up they said there was a receipt that was in there.

They even keep the receipt to show me and I reconized it...
I had cleaned out the car before I took it to them and had not left anything.

I was just more amazed that I had a loose receipt that I somehow got in the motor.

Just be careful with any type of paper on your dash or by your vents.

I felt so stupid and my pocket was lightened $40 which he said was cut in half.

[ChinoCharles]

Good advice. :wink:

[specialeducator]

yikes

[kimona]

Yup. Exactly the same thing happened to me, and to other yarisworld members as well. I was sure the fan motor was dying! I took the glove box out to inspect and found a gas receipt had been sucked into the fan. Simply removed it and all was immediately back to normal.

Moral of the story: Don't leave anything loose in the glove box; the design is such that it may get sucked into the fan.

[specialeducator]

or put a filter in

[Sodium Duck]

This is randomly messed up... Now I'm scared to keep spare napkins in my glovebox!

[kimona]

or put a filter in

That too is a great suggestion. And, it's the first thing I did for several reasons. But, even with a filter installed, something could get sucked out of the glove box, and then restrict air flow and perhaps cause the fan motor to overheat.

[2006fronty]

HAHAHA, the same thing happened to me. I had a couple of the wristbands that you get when you go to the hospital in the glove box and they ended up in my fan.

[300Chuck]

300C. It must have sucked up at least 100 napkins before blowing out a resistor and breaking the fresh air return cup. (700$ Repair Bill)

http://www.300cforums.com/forums/general-discussion/84091-too-many-napkins.html#post963204

[127.0.0.1]

friggin Yaris should SHIP with an air filter, since, by default, it sucks the glovebox when on recirc. I have a filter in mine so no worries....

I would say this is one oversight.

[jmjonesey]

Yeah I used to keep napkins in the glove box till a wad of them got sucked up into the round spinny thing that makes my car cold :cool:

[STC]

Yup. Exactly the same thing happened to me, and to other yarisworld members as well. I was sure the fan motor was dying! I took the glove box out to inspect and found a gas receipt had been sucked into the fan. Simply removed it and all was immediately back to normal.

Moral of the story: Don't leave anything loose in the glove box; the design is such that it may get sucked into the fan.

Huh? Glove Box? The main box? Which one? Other space holders? :confused:

[dexmix]

The Recirc sucks air from the glove box! :[

This should be stickied so people are careful of what they put in there.

[Steveh27]

With 3 glove boxes, my guess is the lowest one on the passenger side. I'm glad I read this as I think I'm missing my temporary title in there in less than 2 weeks ownership. Will check tomorrow. :iono:

[auxmike]

I keep all napkins in the TOP pass glove box.:biggrin:

[yarrr]

300C. It must have sucked up at least 100 napkins before blowing out a resistor and breaking the fresh air return cup. (700$ Repair Bill)

http://www.300cforums.com/forums/general-discussion/84091-too-many-napkins.html#post963204

shouldn't have bought a chrysler... or maybe it was just precog karma for this necro post on a forum you don't belong to.

[Scoob]

i just got back from repairs for the same thing and it cost $100 and i'm still under warranty! shouldn't this be covered by the warranty since this is some sort of design flaw? never have i had this kind of problem with any other kind of car nor would i imagine this could ever happen.

[ChilliwackGuy]

That all sounds like BS! I always keep my stuff in Ziplocs - when I use the glovebox compartments. I recently had my faulty A/C serviced (car is 2 months old so it was all free) - and b4 they played the "paper stuck in the fan" defense - I told them about the ziplocs.