150pd gti fans coming on for a short duration

[fackie]

Didn't bother reading the whole thread but thought this would be of interest.

I had the same problem, earlier last summer. Got a 150PD with Climatronic - that means A/C always on.

Started noticing the fans on more and more often, to a stage similar to what you describe.

One day, on my way back from the aiport, got stuck on traffic, quite warm day. Between changing CDs I heard the fans on and off three times and thought "this is definitely not right". 2 minutes later I was roadsided, with my bonnet smoking up and AA on the way. I really panicked as my biggest fear carwise is to see my baby go up in flames.

To cut it short, the smoke stopped, the AA man told me not to worry and just NOT turn the A/C on - "take it to the dealer" he said: "it's your A/C fans".

So I did and some few hundred quid later (out of warranty ), the problem was fixed.

Thought about sharing this.

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[chewy]

yeah this is deffo a problem with the fans.common on all golfs with climatronic.the fans should run constantly but very slow when the a/c is switched on.what happens is the resistors in the fans burn out and then they start to pulsate.comming on really fast for 5 seconds.you need to get the fans changed before it causes damage to the a/c compressor.sad thing is it's a design flaw and i think vw should pay for this regardless of it being out of warranty