Whirring/Whizzing/Whining from Interior Fan/Blower - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

aghuman · 11-27-2013, 08:55 PM

Noticed this today after about an hour of it being on at a medium flow. It seemed to be coming from the center of the passenger foot well where the blower assembly is. It went away when the fan was off and came back when i turned it on. Have had the car for about 8 months and am at 28k. Has anyone else had any issue similar to this? If it comes back tomorrow I plan on taking it to the dealer, kind of need a heater around this time of year in Canada.

Thanks,

Khazzy · 11-30-2013, 08:56 PM

I have started to hear a faint buzz coming from the passenger area as well. I turned up the music and got rid of it. I am at almost 11k miles, 11th month owning it

djliquidsteele · 12-01-2013, 11:03 AM

8 months and 28K??? Damn you drive a ton. I've had mine for 1.5 years and just hit 13K. lol Anyway, I have had the whirring since day one. Easily noticeable when the fan is on low. Anything above the first click and the wind noise from the fan covers up the fan noise. I got on here not long after I had the car and asked the same question. The answer I got was, thats just the way suburus are. I love my car and will never get rid of it, but suburus are junk. My wives Kia optima, which cost the same amount of money, has no unusual noises. The windows roll up and down automatically as you would expect. No rattling even at much higher volumes than I listen to in my car. But, I take it all in stride. Its a lightweight sports car and I know there are bound to be much more NVH than a comfort car.

humfrz · 12-01-2013, 03:45 PM

For heavens sake, pop the cover off and give the poor electric motor a shot of light oil ....

Easy for me to say ...... huh!

humfrz

nos145 · 12-03-2013, 10:17 PM

took it to dealer. had the fan replaced.
no problems

MrBodyMassage · 12-03-2013, 11:23 PM

Mine makes a noise as well. Replacing it fixed the issue?

11-27-2013, 08:55 PM	#1
aghuman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Asphalt FR-S Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 222 Thanks: 116 Thanked 53 Times in 30 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Whirring/Whizzing/Whining from Interior Fan/Blower Noticed this today after about an hour of it being on at a medium flow. It seemed to be coming from the center of the passenger foot well where the blower assembly is. It went away when the fan was off and came back when i turned it on. Have had the car for about 8 months and am at 28k. Has anyone else had any issue similar to this? If it comes back tomorrow I plan on taking it to the dealer, kind of need a heater around this time of year in Canada. Thanks,

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12-01-2013, 11:03 AM	#3
djliquidsteele Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 498 Thanks: 62 Thanked 130 Times in 92 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	8 months and 28K??? Damn you drive a ton. I've had mine for 1.5 years and just hit 13K. lol Anyway, I have had the whirring since day one. Easily noticeable when the fan is on low. Anything above the first click and the wind noise from the fan covers up the fan noise. I got on here not long after I had the car and asked the same question. The answer I got was, thats just the way suburus are. I love my car and will never get rid of it, but suburus are junk. My wives Kia optima, which cost the same amount of money, has no unusual noises. The windows roll up and down automatically as you would expect. No rattling even at much higher volumes than I listen to in my car. But, I take it all in stride. Its a lightweight sports car and I know there are bound to be much more NVH than a comfort car.

12-01-2013, 03:45 PM	#4
humfrz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 30,432 Thanks: 29,826 Thanked 32,845 Times in 16,844 Posts Mentioned: 715 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	For heavens sake, pop the cover off and give the poor electric motor a shot of light oil .... Easy for me to say ...... huh! humfrz

12-03-2013, 10:17 PM	#5
nos145 Cognite Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FRS Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 245 Thanks: 121 Thanked 57 Times in 52 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	took it to dealer. had the fan replaced. no problems

12-03-2013, 11:23 PM	#6
MrBodyMassage Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo, WRB BRZ Lim Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 60 Thanks: 17 Thanked 44 Times in 15 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mine makes a noise as well. Replacing it fixed the issue?

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