Hi,

I have a 96 S6 and I had this problem. It's probably the flapper motor thats
in the dash. You get to it from the outside by removing the cover in front
of the wiper mechanics. I actually had this fixed by the dealer before I had
the ETKA and Bentley CDs but it should be something you can do yourself.

What has probably happened is the connecting rod from motor to flapper is
disconnected. Easily remedied but my dealer charged me for a new part ($300
Canadian).

Good luck.

Tony
96 S6.

"kons" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> My 96 A6 ventilation system acts funny,
> I have the clima automat (AC system) with the digital control unit. (no
> round knobs)
>
> It's like the flaps inside the fan housing gets stuck,
> I have an exploded view printout from the local Audi shop... so I know
> there are flaps inside but havent opened yet.
> The levers on the outside of the blower are not moving when the settings
> on the control unit is changed
> and they feel like stuck (should they?).
> I can hear there is a wrrrr wrrr sound like some small electric motor
> tries to regulate the setting
> (could be something else but thats what I think it sounds and feels
like)..
> Have looked from the dashboard side (had the radio and AC control unit out
> anyway)
> but could not see any obviuos links to control the flaps.
>
> Regulation by the fan speed control works (kind of) enough that I get by
> but it would be nice to fix it permanetly.
> Before winter anyway (I live in Norway) brrr in -20C its not nice without
> heating.
>
> Any hints what it can be?
> Anyone seen this problem before?
> I thought it would be hard to open the fan unit but it seems from some
> posts I saw here
> that exchanging the blower is at least doable so perhaps its not so bad???
> I will open it eventually I guess, but some hints along the way would be
> nice.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> PS the email is not a working one, allergic to spam...
>
>
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