Happy Grumpy Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Car: Kia Picanto 2010. Ploblem: Interior fan has settings from 0-4. Aircon has a button to turn on/off. Fan needs to be on at least number 1 for the AC to turn on regardless of the on/off button being on. A few days ago the fan would not come on. Obviously the aircon too. Strangely, after 10 minutes or so it would come on as normal when turned on. A few days later, while driving, it died. Has not come on again since. Tested: Not a lot. Checked the fuses. Switched them around, no difference. All other electrics work flawlessly - windows, horn, lights etc. Okay TV Experts. What's you're diagnosis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartman Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) 1 Drive to a auto electrician and let them sort it out or 2 You can follow this Thread and opinions for a while while sweating Then 3 Drive to a auto electrician and let them sort it out Edited December 11, 2015 by kartman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 1 Drive to a auto electrician and let them sort it out Oh sure, that will be done. The verdict is still out on whether their solution will be to change all the tires and inflate them to 350psi. Then get surprised, angry and threatening when I complain that it didn't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 blower fan resistor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Burned connector somewhere in the wiring loom behind the fan switch or possibly the fan resistor as already mentioned....Need a "Dynamo" shop to sort out..... What city you in? Also Google your concern....With Kia there should be multiple incidents.....Could give you a guideline toward repairing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophon Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Had a similar problem recently, fan didn't work on setting 1 and 2 but did on 3 and 4. It turned out to be the resistor as mentioned by others, and was replaced at a cost of 390 Baht by the Nissan service centre. Sophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 Great. thanks. So it seems it may be the 'fan blower resistor'. Does anyone know if the Thais have a name for it, or understand the word 'Resistor'. Also, I presume the look something like THIS. It being a Kia, I think the official dealerships are Yontrakit. Should many fan blower resistors be interchangable or generic, or do each model of cars usually have a unique one? A local shop would be preferable than going to a Yontrakit dealer. Thanks greatly, Sirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 You may get better success going to an auto air-con specialist instead of a dealer or regular auto repair garage. They should have more experience in dealing with the electrical side of the air-con system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil2 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Loose connection around the a/c blower fan. That was what it was in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alration Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Bangkok has excellent taxi services, park it up, forget about it and use them. And don't buy a Kia again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 HG yes it helps top give us a location as maybe someone can recommend a specific business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredob43 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Bangkok has excellent taxi services, park it up, forget about it and use them. And don't buy a Kia again.Friend of mine has a Honda Civic that had the same problem on the way back from BKK. Called into a Honda garage they said it needed a hole new set up 8,000bt+ worth. Got it done at local air place for under 1,000. So it's not just Kia that has problems. I would like to ask when was the last time it had a service/clean out of air con: Edited December 12, 2015 by fredob43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Bangkok has excellent taxi services, park it up, forget about it and use them. And don't buy a Kia again. Nothing wrong with Kias. Like the Hyundais they were a bit crap in the beginning, but they are very good cars now. I had a Hyundai Getz for 5 years, never had one thing go wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Mrs. Happy took it to a car aircon shop at the front of our village. tested everything, replaced some wiring, done. Topped up some gas. 300 baht. Incidentally, there were 2 newer Hondas in there getting done when I wandered along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Mrs. Happy took it to a car aircon shop at the front of our village. tested everything, replaced some wiring, done. Topped up some gas. 300 baht. Incidentally, there were 2 newer Hondas in there getting done when I wandered along. Topped up the gas.....Increased the pressure............ Of just the fan? Fan was the issue, not the AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Mrs. Happy took it to a car aircon shop at the front of our village. tested everything, replaced some wiring, done. Topped up some gas. 300 baht. Incidentally, there were 2 newer Hondas in there getting done when I wandered along. Sounded like wiring (it was a burned junction connector blade behind the fan switch in my Pajero when the same happened) - at 300b couldn't have been too much of anything else.....Good everything is OK.....Thanks for letting us know....Too often there's no feedback.... Edited December 12, 2015 by pgrahmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 It was fixed before they did any topping up of the gas. Wires behind/under/in and around the back of the glove compartment. Where the fan blower is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Transam. can you please explain how topping up the AC gas would fix an electrical issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Ahhh ok. Yeah completely un-related to the issue the OP had as the switch on the dash to turn the blower fan on is not in anyway controlled by the A/C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 The gas level is completely irrelevant in this instance, but yes it was topped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Wow you really just do not get it do you. There was never any problems with the AC in the OP's car. The vehicle interior blower/Fan was malfunctioning. This has absolutely nothing to do with the A/C or how much gas/pressure it has and the fact it required a small top up is purely coincidental. Go pull the A/C fuse from your ol' truck and tell me the blower does not work in the cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I understand exactly what you are saying but it has nothing to do with the problem the OP had. The A/C pump has a high/low pressure cut off switchs. They are there purely to stop the compressor from turning on (to prevent damage) when the gas pressure exceeds the predetermined limits (high or low) and in no way has anything to do with the functionality of the fan/blower in the cabin of the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 It's clear that transam doesn't suffer from low gas pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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