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Load of hot air

I have a fan - it works well. But I don't have hot air.

Which means that the school run I do with my eldest is a pretty freezing cold affair. It's also impossible to defrost the windscreen let alone ourselves!

I've been watching eBay and the Porsche forums for a replacement heater control unit after checking virtually everything else in the HVAC system for faults. The heater control unit is an expensive item from Porsche, and so far they've been selling for more than a ton on eBay.

Thankfully one came up on eBay that was a fair bit less - sure it was used but the seller assured me it was fully working. To be honest it was cheap enough to risk and with positive eBay feedback as meaningful as it is it was well worth getting some hot air in the cabin. It looks like it's going to be a cold winter.

Removing the old control unit was straight forward. Before I fitted the replacement I cleaned up the two connectors just to make sure 23 years of crud wasn't going to keep things cool or intermittent. No worries there, the first press of the defrost button and the HVAC system came to life.

Man, I don't think warm air in a car ever felt so good!

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  1. Australian26 September 2011 at 20:10

    I have a 97 944 and I can't get the heat to turn off. Any thoughts on what this could be?

    Thanks-Frank

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