Replacing a VW Recirculator Flap Motor 

It's funny how these vids are so much more pleasing to watch when they are this friggin SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT! no beating round the mulburry bush or up the river and through the woods talk just keepin it simple and TO THE POINT! So to you I say thank you sir

I know it's an old video, but I greatly appreciate it.straight to the point, helpful, no dumbass introduction or music. Good job dude🤙

This saved my life. The dealership wanted $800 to replace it. Not real mechanically inclined, but following the video I was able to replace the flap motor in about an hour. Saved me a lot of money!!! Thanks!!!!

Been over seven years and this video is still relevant. Today my daughter and I replaced the faulty motor on her 2008 Jetta. Took less than an hour start to finish. Thanks for the video!

This was THE BEST step by step video I've ever seen. I followed this video to a T on my Jetta and was able to not only do it on my own but also fix the problem. Thank you a million times!!!

Just completed the repair on my GTI. THANK YOU for this!!! I know I thanked you once but you deserve it again. 👍

You Ryane Calme should be rewarded for your knowledge & this fantastic video! This should be taught to all VW dealerships and their technicians. It solved my problem on this super annoying noise that came right behind my 2008 VW Rabbit's glove compartment. I initially followed another RU-vid video and cleaned/lubed my blower fan motor assembly under the glove compartment, but didn't solve my problem. The noise would come back every time the Ignition was turned to on position and lasted up to 10 seconds. With your video, I went straight to the source of noise and simply disconnected the plug to the Recirculator Flap Motor. NOISE IS GONE FOREVER! Thank you, Thank you Thank you... Note: It's best to change the motor, but in my case, after I disconnected the RFM plug, I turned the car on with A/C and everything was working as normal, even the air ducts were changing position. Only the air recirculation system stopped working and that can be fixed by replacing the motor for $65 on OEM parts and $29 aftermarket part on ebay.

Thank you so much for this video ! I don't have a vast knowledge of repairing cars, but after watching this, I found the part in a junkyard in a car that already had the glove box removed. I paid $12 for it, and it took me about 40 min to put it in, and have everything back in place !

Thank you for posting this video. I have a 2008 Jetta 2.0T and was having this issue for quite some times. My mechanic thought it was the blower motor, but he wasn't sure! He said I should just live with the problem since the car already 9 years old. I then went to the web to research for info and lucky your video save the day. I ordered the part on eBay ($19) and took me just over an hour to do the job. Thanks again👌

Thank you for making this video! One hour later I had everything working and reassembled. I ended up carefully opening the motor assembly and finding the first worm gear was slipping (it made the same noise as in your video). The gear teeth all looked intact with no damage or missing material. Compressing the casing from outside seemed to cure things, so I shaved about 1/64" down in the plastic radius that receives the motor axle/bearing with a chisel tip. To compensate for this I added a thin, single ~3/4" x ~1/2" slice cut from hard plastic packaging behind the motor housing to help spring down on the motor's front end. Also, I moved some existing grease around to be sure everything was lubricated. It works 100% now, and hopefully this will last another 7 years.

THANK YOU! Short, simple, & to the point! Very informative! Other similar videos of this repair I found was poorly edited and nearly 20 mins long for the same information. Nicely done!

Thanks for posting this vid. Mine just took a dump and it took all of 30 minutes after I watched your video. Great job and thanks again! I do have to say you made sliding out the glove box look simpler than it is. Yours just slipped out toward the passenger side and mine was a real treat.

Thanks for this video, Ryan! I had this problem with my 2008 Jetta 2.5. The VW place near my house, which does a wonderful job btw, wanted $280 to fix it ($240 was just the part). That place is great, but my jaw about hit the floor when they told me how much it was to replace a little servo motor. So I told them thanks for confirming my suspicion, but I'll just get the part online and do it myself. Sure enough the "genuine" VW part is like $250+ online. So I picked up a generic part that does the same thing for about $20 off eBay, fired up your video, and 15 minutes later the thing works like a charm!

Thank you for the video! My car was so fogged up i could safely drive it. Dealership said the motor wasn't the issue and maybe I should just drive with my windows down in sub zero temperatures. Watched your video, 20 minutes later fog free. Thank you again.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This is one of those things that is "easy if you know how" and impossible otherwise. It's especially helpful to see how to remove "snap fit" items. Cheers.

Thank you for posting this video! I replaced mine this weekend on a '08 Golf GTI MkV. It took a little over an hour.

Great video. Short, well edited, easy to follow.

Thank you so much for this video! I would've never taken this to dealership because I don't like giving them my money for stuff like this.. You just helped me avoid getting a headache while doing this to my car. You've saved a bunch of us money and time. You have a new subscriber, btw.

Thank you for this video! Just did this on my friend's 08 Jetta, super simple, and now 100% fixed!

Great guide - thanks Ryan. I am not mechanically inclined, but the walkthrough video helped me get the job done in under 45 minutes.

thanks to videos like this, I was able to change it myself. and bought a motor for a low low price of 20 dollars.

YOU DON'T NEED TO REPLACE THE PART!!! thank you for the great video. The part is repairable easily. If you open it with a flat head you will see whats wrong. The small motor inside is not sitting right and the gears are bearly in contact with each other, thats why you get that annoying noise. All i did was push the little motor back in place and placed a small piece of paper on top of the little motor to make sure it doesn't pop out of its place, and then i closed it up. And it worked really good. Cost me $0.

This video made changing a broken recirculator flap motor on a 2005 Jetta a quick & simple process. Thank you!

Thank you for this video Ryan! It helped me diagnose and fix the problem with my wife's 2008 Jetta SE 2.5L. It only took about 30 minutes to replace the flap motor with your video, otherwise I am sure it would have taken hours.

I never post on RU-vid but thanks a ton man. Got the terrifying noise in my 2006 MKV GTI diagnosed and fixed for the cost of the part. Huge help man!

Best video on VW repair yet. Fast and detailed. Thank You!

Thank You! Fixed mine using your video. Bought part for $15 on amazon. Installed in about 45 min.

Thanks so much for this excellent video! I am not mechanical at all but I was able to get it done and back together again with little trouble thanks to your super clear instructions

Thank you so much! Just finished the job and so pleased with the silence now.

Thanks for the easy to follow procedure. My flap was stuck open in recirculation mode, which was causing major problems with fogging and icing inside my car this winter, like I've never seen before. I had to scrape the windows on the inside most days and sometimes the ice build-up was so bad, I couldn't open the windows or sunroof. Looks like the motor wiring was either loose or the motor itself was starting to go, since at first the flap didn't move. When I moved the wires a little, the flap then closed. However, after testing the recirc button another couple of times, it would stick a little and the motor made a buzzing sound. I ended up putting the flap in normal mode (ie: closed) and then disconnected the wiring so it'll stay in that position. I'll order a new motor and change it in the spring time. Thanks again.

Thank you for putting this video together, I finally got around to replacing my rattling motor and it was a piece of cake using his as a reference!

you are a life saver my friend. for two days this noise been driving me crazy.

Yes! ive knew it was something like this. I was scared to bring it somewhere to have them rip it all apart and charge me a fortune. You sir are a life saver!

Thank you very much! This is exactly the problem i have with my golf V. Saved me a trip to the shop.

Excellent job on this video, Ryan! The stills and labels make it top shelf. Thanks so much! Gonna give this a crack this weekend. Then fix the muffler, add a USB port, and then flip the car.

great video - i replaced mine today. We had a break in the winter weather, so i bought my motor from the VW dealer, the new P/N is 5Q0-907-511-H, this did not come with the large plastic gear, but it was easy enough to transfer from the broken motor. i would add the step about cycling the vent switch before installing the motor, as it resets the position prior to meshing the gears, but otherwise, an excellent video - you never know where all those screws are hiding.

Brilliant video my man, thanks for keeping it classy; one fix checked off the list!

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, much appreciated

I was about to make my own DIY video on this, but I think I'll save myself some trouble because you made this one so well! I really appreciate the numbered labels that you put over the video to point out the screws. Ingenious!

OMGosh! I did it! Thank you so very much, my husband had his major doubts! I saved enough to buy a new purse!!!

Thanks for this video, this was really helpful. I found the glove box a little trickier to wiggle out but considering I found the part for $30 on ebay, worth the effort.

Well done tear down video, waited months putting off this 15 minute job lol

Added to saved videos for future project, this motor has been a pain in my ass since I bought this car. THANK YOU.

Really nice video. Like the numbering on screws. Great job!

Thanks a lot,,,, you saved me a lot money.. I got a quote from the VW dealer, they said $350 labor and part, I got the part from ebay for $18,, and I followed your instruction... this fix cost me

THANK YOU! Exactly what I needed for my 08 Jetta 2.5 Done in less than 30 minutes. I bought the flap motor from eBay for $25.

Great video, very easy to follow. I opened the motor apart, found the problem was the gear on the motor was not sitting properly with the gear at the bottom. I put 3 layers of duck tape on top of the motor to push it down and put it back together. Problem fixed. Saved me $138.00 on motor and few bucks if I took it to a mechanic. Thanks.

Very informative and well made video! Thanks for saving my sanity!

Great tutorial!! Finally my A/C works again like it is supposed to!! If only I had found it sooner, but thanks!!

I just replaced it! Took me about half an hour to do it! It's easy if we hav right tool! Thank you for ur video! It helped big time!!!!!

Thanks a lot!! This buzzing sound was killing me. Awesome video guide!!!

Great video! My girlfriend loves her Rabbit and this video helps diagnose the exact problem that she is having. Thanks!

This is awesome advice! Thanks! My AC has been warm and i get the buzz for a few seconds. It happens when I reverse or use my wipers.

Straight and to the point. Thank you for making this.

Thanks for the video. this is still helping people years later. I have had two Mark V VWs personally and they both needed this procedure to get rid of the annoying noise and restore functionality. I also assisted a buddies, same problem... so I assume pretty much all VW vehicles from this generation had this part fail. Now DIYers can fix it 😁

Thanks for this great video! Saved me time, $$$, and rid me of that annoying dead motor noise.

Best video ever. Thanks so much. You made this repair super quick and easy. My car is happy again.

Thank you. Will be working on my 2007 vw rabbit. It's making the same sound and the dealer asked for $450. It kooks like an hour job at most. Thanks a lot for the video.

Thanks for posting this! It's coming in handy for me in 2021!

Thank you very much!! I just done this job today on my parents Golf V

thank you this was super helpful......took seconds to remove after watching....

Great video thanks I just started having this issue will attempt to tackle this project once I order the part

OEM part No. 1K0907511C BEHR part No. 1KD907511B or 1KD907511C Not sure what the difference is between BEHR part numbers (B vs C) but the B appears to be more prevalent and cheaper. I used the 511B, it was a perfect fit and worked like a charm.

Great video! It helped me change the part and the car is fixed. Thanks!

just wanted to give thanks for the video. This really helped!

Thank you a lot bro.. Seems like the teeth of my flap only fell off so only had to put it back in place but wouldn't have dared to start without this..

Easy, took me 10 min, steps were perfectly described.

Thanks for the video. Was able to do the job on a 2008 VW Jetta. Basically same steps, excepts for less connections.

Best video for Flap Motor replacing, thanks

thank you very much. I have 3 months that sound just finally :)

Great video! Replaced valve in US 2005 Jetta 2.5. Part new from China $17.99 on eBay. A little hard to wiggle back in. Great instructions.

This is how to make a diy video. Straight to the point! No talking bullshit. If i wanted talking I'd go to pintrest

Thank you so much for posting this!!!

Good Job man !!! I had the same problem an due to your movie I could change the motor within 30 min. thank you !

Thank you very much for uploading this!

Thank you very much. This helped a lot!

Great video with good instructions!😄

Omg thank you so much!!! You are the man!!! You saved me so much money I am so thankful for you!!! Please post more videos :)

Thank you!!! The video was very helpful.

This is gonna be a life saver when i need to do this.

I am so f**king jealous of how easy that recirc door is to access. On my Ford it is located INSIDE the duct work, requiring you to remove the entire dash to access it.

No problem. Hope you got it fixed.

Awesome video, thanks for posting.

Thanks man! That was really helpful!!

You're welcome. Glad to share.

Excellent video! Thank you!

super helpful video. thanks a bunch!

Thanks for this! My GTI started buzzing this morning.

Thanks a lot, the video's fantastic help!!! My car's a Skoda Octavia (based on the VW Golf platform just like your Jetta) and yours was the only video I've found to get to the motor. My motor stopped working altogether but once I got to it and pried open the housing it started working again with the same exact buzzing. Im wondering now if I'm to replace it or just live with the buzz!

U are the real mvp thank u now i can sell this car top dollar

Thanks for the video, helped a lot :)

Thank for the DIY, just ordered mine for $60! Stealership wants like $300 for the part and service!

I fix my car by this video, thanks

Thank you, very helpful.

thanksyou, I had at the same problem and i solved it thanks your videos.

Awesome video!

Awesome! Thank you for posting. I lived with the buzzing for a few weeks before figuring out what it was and waiting for the replacement to come in. In the meantime, my battery has been drained completely...do you think these are related??

thank you for sharing this helpful vide👌👌👌👍👍👍

Thanks for the video. I just replaced the motor and the buzz is gone!

You saved me lots of $$$$$$ Thank you!!