Heating: Climate Control Flap

[novoman]

can anyone tell me just how much of the facia dashboard do you have to dismantle to install a new air "blending flap" control please

model C5 2.2 HDI

Edited October 28, 2014 by novoman

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

If it is just the actuator motor that needs replacing then if your car is a 2001 to 2008 model, then only the cover at the relevant side in the footwell needs removing to give access. However, the flap shaft can also break which may need the dash removing.

 

This is from the C5 Technical section pinned Common Problems topic:

10. The air conditioning only gives cold air at one side or does not cool much.

The evaporator matrix cooling the air on the C5 is long and if the amount of refrigerant is low then there will not be enough to cool all the matrix for both sides of the cabin. First step should be a regass then if that does not work and there are no leaks then look at replacing the air flap control motors. A regass may be about £50, a flap new motor about £60. It could also be damage to the air flap shaft motor fitting - see this post http://www.citroen-o...c5-2002-aircon/ . I had to have both C5s regassed when about 7 years old, on the second one there was a printout that showed there was only 93 g of refrigerant left and that 525 g were put back in yet the air con was working and gas could be heard going through the pressure control valve but the air was not cooling much.