Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing the control motor of temperature flap -V68-   Note On vehicles as of CW 46.2010, the temperature flap is mechanically operated via the flex shaft, see → Chapter. Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Measuring tool set, e.g. -V.A.G 1594 C- Removing –  Remove the centre console → Body Work; Rep. gr.68. –  Removing the dash panel → Body Work; Rep. gr.70. –  Remove left footwell vent.

–  Release screws -3- (5 Nm) and screw -1- (20 Nm). –  Slightly lever off the support -2--arrow- and fix it by wedging (e.g. wooden wedge).

–  Unplug connector -1-. –  Carefully detach the wiring harness -3- from the cable straps at the control motor of the temperature flap. –  Press catch -4- slightly forwards, swivel holder with control motor -2- in -the direction of the arrow - and slide out of the front holders towards you. –  Carefully pull holder with control motor through the opening between support and air conditioning unit downwards.

–  Remove control motor from the holder.    To this end press the catch pegs -arrows- outwards while pushing the control motor out of the catches. Install   Note The spare part control motor of the temperature flaps is on position „temperature flap closed“. –  Press control motor into the holder.

–  Mark the top -4- and bottom -3- stop on the gear segment -2- on the housing with a marker. –  Position gear segment -2- in -the direction of the arrow- on the bottom stop -3-. –  Mark „short“ tooth face of the control motor gear wheel -1- with marker -arrow A-. –  Mark the side of the tooth opening of the short teeth of gear segment -2- with marker -arrow B-. –  Insert the holder with control motor in the front brackets and slide onto the housing in such a way that the tooth -arrow A- engages in the tooth opening -arrow B-. Functional test –  Insert plug of the control motor of temperature flap.

–  Remove plug -1- from the heating and air conditioning system control -2-. –  Connect battery voltage to contacts 13 and 16 of plug -1- with auxiliary lines from measuring tool set -V.A.G 1594 C- and check control motor running.

	Contact assignment
	13	16
Control motor runs in position „cold“ (gear segment down)	-	+
Control motor runs in position „warm“ (gear segment up)	+	-

Note

t  During the above test the control motor must smoothly switch the temperature flap to the top -4- and bottom -3- stop. t  If there are functional problems abort test immediately, remove again control motor with holder and repeat installation. –  Further installation occurs in reverse order. –  If the control motor was replaced, perform a basic setting → Vehicle diagnostic, testing and information system VAS 5051