Bravo. You are a brave man!

 

Motor List



Not all vehicle have all the motors

A (Driver side):
1: Defroster door motor (V107)
2: Left side vent motor (V299)
3: Left vent adjustment motor (V110)
4: Left footwell door motor (V108)
5: Left temperature door motor (V158)

B (Passenger side):
6: Right center vent motor (V111)
7: Right side vent motor (V300)
8: Right temperature door motor (V159) - the one I replaced
9: Right footwell door motor (V109)

The "V" number will be referenced in any fault codes you may have in a VAG-COM scan

 

Outstanding!

 

Wow

 

Impressive.
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Hope you don't mind, but I have put a link on the UK site back to this thread.

I really do take my hat off to you for tackling this.

My dealer did two HVAC servos which, at over GB£600 several years ago, must translate into well over US$1,000 today.

For anyone else tackling this, each servo has a small white plastic cog wheel that wears so, whilst you are in this kind of demolition derby, inspect them all very carefully even if they haven't failed, and replace any that look dodgy! I had one failed and one about to.

 

Hope you don't mind, but I have put a link on the UK site back to this thread.

We don't mind Nooby. It's refreshing that you link back to us for a change!

Dead Horse



To the OP, what is the grey foam in the upper dash area attached to?



I've been having chunks of grey foam spitting out of my center stack for a year now with no obvious source. What was the condition of yours? Did you see any grey foam anywhere else in the airflow of the center stack?

Excellent write up!

 

The white part you're referring to is actually part of the HVAC box, not the motors. I checked the ones I could reach for any play & put some white lithium grease on the parts that slide into one another. You can see the white part on the box in the last couple pics. The arm of the motor interfaces with these parts.
Pic of the motor:

 

We're talking about different HVAC servos here I think. I'll see if I can find the part number/picture later.

 

It's glued down. Mine was in good shape so I left it alone. I didn't see any foam any where else except for the supply to the rear seat vents. Those were entirely made of foam, but stiffer & thinner. The 16th pic shows what I'm talking about on the left of the image.

 

1 week update: no rattles & my heat works with no further codes from the HVAC controller

 

You are one brave dude. How much do you figure you saved with this job?

 

Dealer quoted me 6hrs, so $600 or so

 

Excellent thread!!! Thank You REDUBBED!!!

 

Another thank you for this excellent write up.

It is sure to help many Touareg owners in the future.

 

Yes - if only to decide to let the dealer do it!!

 

Thanks for the write-up this is on my list to fix. Not happy about taking whole dash out but if thats what takes.

 

Great post with all the detailed pictures. I was also getting tired of hearing all the clicking that was happening behind my dash so I too disassembled my dash this fall. Top and bottom. Once I tore apart the dash and really started looking at how things go together I noticed one significant thing. It's actually not necessary to take it apart. The flap motors are assembled in a set, on metal brackets. Once the motors are in the park position using the VAG-COM, you loosen two screws on each bracket that face down towards the floor of your vehicle and the whole "set" slides down and out. They are guided into place by two guide pins/screws. You can see these pin/screws on some of Redubbed's pictures. For example, the driver side has one bracket with three motors and one with two motors. With some patience you can actually remove all the flap motors with only the panels under the dash removed. I've tried. After I replaced one motor another started acting up and I didn't want to pull everything apart again so I pulled the driver side under-dash panel out, removed the two bracket screws and slid the bracket out. Removed the motor from the plate. Replaced it. Slid it back into place.

All that being said it is of course easier to see what you are doing if everything is out but it does look like the VW guys did engineer things in such a way that you actually don't need to.

 

I attempted it that way first. I went this way mostly to see if I could do it, and also to document it. I'm all for shortcuts though, nice find.

 

Mine clicks too on the left hand side of the dash, so may be a job for the warmer months.

 

Is the procedure the same for left and right hand drive, are the motors in the same position on both?
Brilliant composure of the procedure!

 

Brings back memories of replacing the blower motor on my 1989 Peugeot 405 mi16. Removed and reinstalled the dash and only forgot one bolt! Later I found out that you could hole saw from the inside of the glove compartment and remove the fan through the hole ?

 

Yes, we are trying to avoid taking out the Dash if we can! My Touareg is a 2006 2.5

 

Tried the link for the Russian site but does not go to the PDF? and I don't speak or read Russian yet, might have to one day the way Putin is pushing, either that or he is going to have to learn English.lol
Ian

 

I'm just about to tackle this, gulp....

Redubbed, I wonder if you changed all the motors, or just the faulty ones. Logically, as it's such a PITA job, it would seem to be sensible to change them all so as not to have to tear the dash out again any time soon, but here in the UK the motors are £121 EACH!

 

Inspect the cogs for wear and replace as required.

 

Hi Nooby,

I presume you mean the white plastic parts at either end of the rods holding the flaps? If so, I'm ok there as I got a new housing with flaps etc. off fleabay for £14!

Supermoto