How to Replace Blower Motor Resistor Skoda Roomster Skoda Fabia 

Worked like a charm on my Roomster 2007. Bought the blower resistor off ebay for 17 dollars. The work itself took med all and all 40 minutes. Had a bit difficulites clicking on the new resistor. Couldnt twist it back fully but nevertheless, it was secured in it´s place. Now alla speeds on the fan are working. Prior to this operation I hade zero effect on level 1 and 2. Thank you so much for this video! Your effort saves a lot of money and time for us all! I take my hat off for you Sir!

Thankyou for uploading. Doing this repair myself.

I'm very grateful to you for this. It was a fairly simple job and took only 30 minutes. The hardest bit was getting the new component to seat and lock in place. There is very little to lever against when using a screwdriver to remove the airbag, but the end of the lug on the far right can be lifted against the steel bracket below it.

Great and very helpful video that saved having to take the car to a garage for a simple fault. Got a replacement resistor off eBay and got the job done in half an hour. Read other comments and followed tips like blu-tac on the torx driver. Once I removed the airbag T30 screws, it was loose and I could see that it just needed to be levered up with a large screw driver to pop it out of the dash top. This was helped with some plastic trim levers I already had. Managed to do it without disconnecting the air bag too. The hardest part has re-installing the airbag top cover but once I realised how it clipped back in it was no problem. Thanks for posting.

Brilliant video, the workshop manual says to remove the whole dashboard to gain access, so seeing this has made it 1000x easier. Thanks for putting in the effort.

Thanks, worked a treat on my 2011 Fabia. I did buy the whole fan resister unit for about £10 from Amazon. It then just took about 45 minutes to fit 😎

Mistrzostwo, najlepszy tutorial jaki znalazłem w internecie. Dmuchawa smiga jak nowa. Dzieki wielkie 💪

Thanks saved me money and this video helped me loads, job done in 34 mins, didn’t unplug the airbag, sat it to rightside on cloth. Omg airbag refit took a wee bit persuasion thanks.

Awesome instructions. I have the resistance burned for two years and I thought I'd have to remove the full panel of the car, after all it took me 5 minutes to have it out... If at least I'd know before also burning the vent switch... Thanks mate!

Very good video! Saved me a fortune! Bought the part of amazon with prime for £7.06. Skoda wanted £148!!!! Took me 10 minutes to fit! Life saver!

Dziękuję za doskonay instruktaż, właśnie skończyłem wymianę całego modulu, krok po kroku jak na filmie. Koszt to 9£ a satysfakcja ze zrobienia bezcenna. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.

Great instructions - worked a treat. I bought some car plastic panel removal tools (approx £6) worth it so no damage to lifting air bag panel. The air bag panel removal is the hardest part! - Thank you

Fantastic video. Worked like a charm. I didn't even have to unplug the airbag unit.

Just did my 2013 Fabia with a replacement part from Ebay at £9, bit of a sod getting the airbag plug off and then back on, but all done in about half an hour, or so it seemed! Those Torx 30's are tight!! All done, fan working again, thanks very much for the vid, excellent help!!

Excellent video - just saved me £100 and 2 days off the road. Only took 30 minutes to do and no problems when connecting battery agai9n. Just need to be very careful about NOT dropping airbag securing screws when removing them. Magnetic bit holder and cardboard used to cover holes just below the screws highly recommended.

Very helpful. The screwdriver wedging out the cover and bag is key to making the job easy. The other moves are clearly shown. Many thanks.

Hey man just wanted to say thanks, just fixed my wife's Fabia , my EX mechanic wanted to charge me $1500aud to do the job. Your video made it very easy to do, it took me no more than 15 min. Cheers

Brilliant! Straightforward, clear instructions. Job done on my son's Skoda Fabia.

Thank you for that, though you made it look easier than I found it to be. Mission accomplished.

thank you! that fixed my Skoda Fabia. also saved us over £190

Very helpful indeed, thank you. The airbag was the hardest part as others have said. These Fabias are robust cars overall.

Great instructions, thank you. I didn't unplug the airbag as it looked a bit fiddly. The wires were just long enough I could lift it out and put to the side to reach the resistor.

thank you for this video! it was clear and superhelpful! much appreciated

Your brilliant video has just saved me around £150. Quoted £53 for the part and £108 to fit by local Skoda garage. Bought replacement from Amazon for £10 and took me around an hour to fit. Bit fiddly but quite doable. I put a small blob of Blutac on the end of my torx bit to hold the screws when I removed them - many thanks.

Just did it on my Roomster. Thanks a lot!

Brilliant. Just saved myself over £180 (quote from Arnold Clark). Got part from China at cost of £4 or so. Much thanks to you. Getting the airbag out is a pain though. Really have to prise it out with quite some force. Thought that it would never come out.

This helped a lot for my MKII Fabia too! Thanks!

Thank you for this video. Managed to save a lot of money.

Big big thank you, after watching your video a job I thought that was going to be a nightmare turning into a 5 minute job.

SPOT ON, just done it on my FABIA II 2010 1.6 tDi all working ok , thank you for the video.

Thank you for the video! I was able to fix it thnaks to you! More $ in my pocket!

Brilliant video. Saved me a fortune. Thank you

You just saved lot's of money and time for me haha Thank you!

Great vid ty. Hardest part was prying off the airbag compartment. In the end i decided brute force with a flat head was the only option.

Thank You! Very helpful.

Brilliant thanks. Hardest part was getting the airbag out 😁

Just done this, great instructions, cost me £7.39 for a new resistor unit, not soldering required, just clipped it in! Relatively easy to do, if I ever need to do it again it’ll be easy.

Thankyou you really helped me here in the uk 😀

Mulțumesc mult pentru ajutorul acordat

Brilliant! Thank you so much!

+1 Perfect tutorial for a 2012 Skoda Fabia - thankyou!

Great video, everything perfect except mine is T30 bolts holding the airbag in. Struggled getting the cable off the original resistor pack but got the pack out easily, really struggled getting the new pack in, couldn’t turn it all the way, assume it’s ok as it felt secure!!

Perfect verry helpfully

Great video !

it is like a surgery, very nice, new subscriber and thumbs up. by the way is it same procedure for octavia mk1? thank you

Great job 👏

Hey there, thank you for the video! I own a Seat Ibiza 4. 2008 with only 4th speed working on the fan. I bought a new resistor but the issue is not solved. Still only 4th speed working. Any suggestions? Тhanks in advance!

Fantastic job!thanks

Superb my brother, thanks

Hi mate do i access bulkhead grommit (engine bay access) on roomster the same way - i want to fit a switch to my dashboard and straight to battery. I dont know the bulkhead grommit is.

Thanks!

Bardzo prosta operacja. Trzeba odkręcić 5 śrubek, wyjąć i odłączyć moduł. Podłączyć nowy. Koszt ok 50 PLN. Dokładnie tak jak pokazał autor. Skoda Roomster 1.2 TSI 2010. Dzięki.

When you change the small resistor Put the whole thing in the water to reduce the temperature, in this way it's risky because you can overheat the small resistor and than you need a new one ! :D

Thanks Dude

Hello i have problem with air not coming out of middle blower the side ones work good but only the middle one doesn’t work some fix for it?

Hi is this going to work on a Skoda Fabia from 2008 ? it has the climatronic system

Good video, my fan does not work on any speed. Could this resistor pack still be the problem or is it likely something else like the motor and if so do you have a video of replacing the motor.

Hi, super Video, ich habe heute bei meinem Skoda Fabia Kombi den Widerstand gewechselt. Bei mir ist der Widerstand nicht rechts wie im Video, sondern links. Vielleicht kannst du das noch vermerken. Super und vielen Dank, heute habe ich viel Geld gespart!!!

Great vid. Although the arrow at 1:41 should be up as the airbag pops up and out, not sideways and up. The leverage needs the be upwards.

Awesome!

gracias K-nemo. tengan en cuenta que este video es de un coche en inglaterra, por lo tanto esta la guantera donde en españa tenemos el cuenta kilometros.

Thanks👍

Thanks 👍

Thank you for nice video.What resistor has the ohm values ?

Nice and very helpfull video man...Pls...give me the name of soudtrack of this video..I like so much ..Thank you wirh more respect !

Hi, In my 2009 roomster the blower works fine but there is no heat comming out. I checked the hot water pipes and their both hot. There is no noise when I twist the temperature button so it is probably the blender door actuator. Do you have a video shows how to replace it?

Witam,czy do tej naprawy trzeba odłączyć akumulator?

What is the walue of fuse , I now around 200 C and what about Amps ?

Anyone know where the relay switches are on a Skoda Fabia.Also fuel gadge not working replaced fuel pump in petrol tank still fuel

Mam Ptanie a dmuchawe idzie wymienic tedy czy trzeba cala deske ściągać??

thank you

A czy da się też w ten sposób wyciągnąć dmuchawę bo u mnie strasznie wyje wentylator?

Am I right in thinking that what you actually replaced was a thermal fuse. The green part is a resistor tapped at several points for speed control?

sweet thanks

Thanks

Please guide how to pick a matching thermal fuse 10A or 15A. and also please guide how to solder a thermal fuse in which direction or it can be soldered both sides

Replaced fuel pump in petrol tank as fuel gadge was not working but it's still not working can any one help .also can't find where relay switches are

Tried this , great instructions but I still have the blower only on number 4, any ideas please ?

Hy I've done all this on my 2008 1.4tdi skoda fabia and there's no resistor under the air bag any help would be very much appreciated thanks

Anybody know what year of manufacture the car is that’s being worked on? I’m trying to find replacement part for a 2010 Skoda fabia

perfect

hello, nice video. Which resistor is needed? thx a lot!

I'm going to try this tomorrow on my Fabia. fan won't turn on except on highest setting, level 4

Will this work on a UK skoda yeti 2.0 tdi 4x4 RHS model? Its a 2010 year model. My symptoms are that the blower/fan doesn't work on any settings not even one through to the highest. Would appreciate it greatly if somebody would post a link to resistor that would be appropriate for this model?

Moze pomuc jak dmuchawa wogule nie dziala ? Warto spruvowac zanim trzeba bedzie rozkrecac cala deske bh dostac sie do wentylatora ?

Hi I managed to remove the airbag and I can see the resistor unit but can't get it out. I tried wiggling it to the left and right but no luck. Is there a trick to this? I do not want to break it... Also, can you give some info on the type of resistor that you replaced

What is the volt or value of the resistor?

Hello wich temperature for this thermal resistor, is 240° is right

hi mate. my resistor keeps blowing on my 2012 skoda superb. iv changed it every couple months.. any ideas what causing it to blow.

gibt es dafür eine Bezeichnung oder Teilenummer?

So, my speed fan 1,2,3 not working, olny 4 th speed, does this solve my problem?

Ja , mein lieber das wird wohl der Gebläseregler sein. hatte ich auch. Ist ne aufwändige Arbeit den zu tauschen.Kostenfaktor ca. 50-60 € Ersatzteil. Ersatzteilnummer 5HL351321-281

2 things I did wrong to warn others of, when unscrewing the main screws at 1:15 it is easy to drop them down into the car and lose them... I happened to have a foot long pair of tweezers so was ok but after dropping the first I got some card and bent it gently to make a gutter to lower the risk as the bolt came out, same for putting it back. Other point... as the video says, don't use a screwdriver to lever open the airbag hatch... but equally, when trying to maneuver the air bag to disconnect it, be careful not to rub the air bag fixing across the dash, it has sharp metal pieces on it which scratched my dash worse than the screwdriver showed! Like others I just bought the whole part rather than the resistor... my part looked rusty and had a breach in the coil. Also This is a Skoda Fabia MK2 although the video doesn't make that clear. I am not saying that a mk1 is different... but according to the ebay listing I bought the part as shown in this video from, said it was not compatible with the MK2.... this was not the case however, it looked the same and worked fine.... just saying that because I was anxious when I bought the part but this video convinced me it was probably ok and it was.

What is the value of resistor ?

can the motor be replaced the same way?

What is the value of that resister that you have replaced

Where is this workshop?

how many degrees fuse?

Unfortunately didnt work out for me. After removing the bolts i tried to wedge a screwdriver in there, just like you did, but it didnt pry out the airbag. So i went to bigger and even bigger screwdrivers, til i ended up wedging a pry bar in there, bending the whole dashbord as the airbag pushes it up. At some point i gave up because i didnt wanna cause unnecessary damage.

do you really need to disconnect the car battery to carry this out? TIA