xB Blinking Fan Speed Knob
11-09-2012, 05:47 AM
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xB Blinking Fan Speed ****
My 2009 xB is trying to communicate with me.
The bulb in my fan speed control blew a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to the great guides in this forum, I was able to purchase a replacement LED and installed it over the weekend with no problems.
Now, several days later, that light has started blinking. I don't mean flickering as if it is loose, I mean blinking 9 seconds on, 9 seconds off, 9 seconds on, 9 seconds off, etc. I have to believe this is trying to tell me something, but what? I had a 1997 Dodge Caravan where the climate control lights started blinking when the A/C fan fuse blew, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Any clues?
Tim Roberts
The bulb in my fan speed control blew a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to the great guides in this forum, I was able to purchase a replacement LED and installed it over the weekend with no problems.
Now, several days later, that light has started blinking. I don't mean flickering as if it is loose, I mean blinking 9 seconds on, 9 seconds off, 9 seconds on, 9 seconds off, etc. I have to believe this is trying to tell me something, but what? I had a 1997 Dodge Caravan where the climate control lights started blinking when the A/C fan fuse blew, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Any clues?
Tim Roberts
11-11-2012, 06:42 AM
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I think you hit the nail on the head here. Fortunately, I ordered two of the LEDs. I put the second one in earlier today and the blinking seems to have stopped. I've done electronics for a long time and never saw an LED fail like that, so it was not on my "plausible" list.
I have, however, gotten a lot of mileage out of my "self-aware" car.
I have, however, gotten a lot of mileage out of my "self-aware" car.
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