There's a resistor on the passengers side that slows the fan on the lower speeds. It's bypassed on full speed - that's why it works only on the highest speed. You'll find it by looking at the aircon ducting - under the dash above the passengers footwell. You'll see some wires going to the resistor unit that's housed "inside" the duct. Not sure how much Ni$$an wants for it but it's a fairly common problem. Luckily it's easily fixed.

Greg

 

There's a resistor on the passengers side that slows the fan on the lower speeds. It's bypassed on full speed - that's why it works only on the highest speed. You'll find it by looking at the aircon ducting - under the dash above the passengers footwell. You'll see some wires going to the resistor unit that's housed "inside" the duct. Not sure how much Ni$$an wants for it but it's a fairly common problem. Luckily it's easily fixed.

Greg

x2.........PM nizzbits for a price, remoove the resitor first and check it with a multimeter.

 

Thanks guys!

 

The resistor pack is like a circuit board that slots into the plastic fan housing. Two screws hold it in and there is a large pluge going to it. The tracks act as the resistance to slow the fan down. A part of the track goes open when you loose the first 3 speeds as it is like a fuseable link.

Mine went when I was at Archer River (Cape York) in 2007 and I manages to repair it with a soldering iron and solder. Was a b!tch to get it to solder as it is like a carbon based track. Turned out OK and still goes well to this day.

Regards
David

 

The resistor pack is like a circuit board that slots into the plastic fan housing. Two screws hold it in and there is a large pluge going to it. The tracks act as the resistance to slow the fan down. A part of the track goes open when you loose the first 3 speeds as it is like a fuseable link.

Mine went when I was at Archer River (Cape York) in 2007 and I manages to repair it with a soldering iron and solder. Was a b!tch to get it to solder as it is like a carbon based track. Turned out OK and still goes well to this day.

Regards
David

Good info Dave

 

Yeah that's what happened to mine, took 5 minutes to replace after Nizbits express posted me the part. Can't remember the cost, but it wasn't bad at all from memory.

 

Yeah mine did exactly the same thing....

Down to Nissan for a new resistor... again i cant remember the cost but i dont remember walking out crying!

Charles

 

$67 from Nissan. Just picked it up.

 

And $385 for a rear door flare... Go figure. lol

 

Have kept the old one and will solder up that bridge when I get some solder. Would hate to lose air con again in the heat.

 

All,

ive just completed this fix on my GU and thought id post up some photos to show how easy it is.

Remove ~8 screws from around the glovebox and remove the glovebox.
then disconnect the plug for the fan resistor
then remove 2 screws and pull the resistor out of the fan module.
photo of location of resistor


then on the resistor check to see if there is a circuit between the right pin and any of the other pins (as shown below). If yours is like mine there is no circuit and the fusible link would be corroded.
Carefully scrape away the dark coloured coating till you get to shiny metal either side of where the fusible link should be and solder a piece of wire across the gap.
Then check if the fan works.
Note that the resistor gets cooled by the fan when its installed in the car, so either only turn the fan of for 5 second max or completely install the resistor in the fan module before testing. Otherwise you could overheat the resistor.


Steve

 

All,

ive just completed this fix on my GU and thought id post up some photos to show how easy it is.

Remove ~8 screws from around the glovebox and remove the glovebox.
then disconnect the plug for the fan resistor
then remove 2 screws and pull the resistor out of the fan module.
photo of location of resistor


then on the resistor check to see if there is a circuit between the right pin and any of the other pins (as shown below). If yours is like mine there is no circuit and the fusible link would be corroded.
Carefully scrape away the dark coloured coating till you get to shiny metal either side of where the fusible link should be and solder a piece of wire across the gap.
Then check if the fan works.
Note that the resistor gets cooled by the fan when its installed in the car, so either only turn the fan of for 5 second max or completely install the resistor in the fan module before testing. Otherwise you could overheat the resistor.


Steve

10 years on and this post is still relevant.
Im gonna try this as I have the same problem!

Thanks!

 

Thanks to this thread I managed to fix this issue in less than an hour including a trip to Repco. Thanks guys.

 

This page saves me so much money🤣 thank you guys very much. Works a treat!

 

Yessss!
Such a simple fix and it saved me $$$$.

So easy that I made a video of how I did it. Do not ingnore the blatant plug I give my self in the video!

Thanks for the help guys!