Heater Failure/Control Panel

Hey guys,

I'm new here but need some help!

Suddenly anything on my central control panel on my 2002 vogue stopped working! The bottom half all works fine, the DSC, parking sensors I think etc all work. however the heaters, heated seat, electric heated windows don't do anything, no lights, no function (top half of the control panel) Any ideas what could cause this??

I checked all the fuses under the glove box then replaced the FSR after doing a couple searches on google. However that didn't fix the problem. Now im slightly worried the FSR i changed it with could also be faulty as it was used and from a breakers! So im kind of stuck what should be my next move to fix the problem.

Could it be the central console itself broke? I took it out yesterday when changing the FSR and all the connectors are all fine.

Please help I miss my aircon like a hole in the head lol

Gav

First - never replace the FSR with a second hand unit...they are (relatively) cheap enough to replace with new...but the FSR won't shut the system down, just stop the fans from working and drain your battery!

If the fuses are fine and connections all dry and good, then first step is diagnostics to see if the HEVAC is talking on the diagnostic bus and it could reveal something...if that fails, then the HEVAC unit will need replacement most likely...whilst not a common fault, they have been known to go pop...cheap enough on the bay full of E

Thanks for the info. Tbh I didn't realize the FSR was 2nd hand until it arrived in the post.

I will try and get it to someone with a diagnostics machine then.

GHarvez said:

Thanks for the info. Tbh I didn't realize the FSR was 2nd hand until it arrived in the post.

I will try and get it to someone with a diagnostics machine then.

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If it was not annotated as used or second hand on the advert/product listing...send it back asking for full and uncontested refund as it is clearly not as advertised, as far as I know products need to be described as Second hand if they are indeed so...otherwise it would be reasonable to presume the item is new.

A member on here called Fanatic is pretty clued up on consumer rights and product law etc.