back in feb. of 06 i got my cobalt lt and in march i had the blower motor replaced due to it being faulty and it has went again 12/8/06 any one have any isea whats up with that ? or if its a common thing with this car? please help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

What do you mean it went? Like all speeds don't work?

 

Blower as in for your heating?cooling system???

 

HEAT BLOWER MOTOR then it is turned on the barings make loud noises and depending on the speed depends on how loud it gets.

 

Mine sounds like a box of crickets on low. I'll probably have it replaced, but i doubt a new one will stay quiet for long.
Dennis

 

I manage a collision center in Texas.

Most people do not know this, but our vehicles are equpped with "air cabin filters." It basically filters the air that goes through the heating and AC systems. The filter sits right on top of the blower motor in a very similar manner to the way an air filter sits on a carburated motor. When the filter gets dirty and does not get replaced, it actually falls down inot the blower motor itself and usually causes very strange noises and sometimes prevents the blades from the blower motor from turning.

This is the most common problem to blower motor failure not just in our cars, but in all cars. The blower motor and filter is located behind the glovebox. Take that out and it will be right there. You should change the cabin air filter at least every 6 months or 8000 miles. Hope this helps everyone out.

Probably wouldn't hurt to make this a sticky.

 

what if you don't even use your AC.. then you shouldn't even have a problem with the filter right?

 

Not necessarily. Even if you have the fan off, there is still a small amount of air that passes through the ac vents. The next time you are on the highway doing 60 or so, put your hand right in front of one of the vents and you will feel a little breeze coming through. Now if you almost never use your heater or your AC then it is going to take a lot longer for the cabin air filter to get dirty. Probalby 2 years or more.

 

i change it with every oil change
so thats not it i wish it was that lol

 

mine does that 2, seems like it only does it on 1. But when it is on 1, the faster the car goes the louder it get.

 

I don't use my ac that much but the heater I do... well, when it's cold enough in Houston, which it was for like 3 weeks. I have no problems.

 

Do you actually have to remove the glove box all together, or is there an access compartment?

 

Coblet Blower moters have bad bearings, or have been known to wear prematurely, there are several GM vehicles that have similar problems, GMC canyons for one..my dad has one that makes that same noises as mine did before it was replaced, he is also body tech at a GM dlr and, correct me if I am wrong, there is a TSB out for the cobalt blower motor.

 

Mine's making the noises too. It started out just doing it on the lowest setting, and then it progressed to all the speeds. I just turn the radio up to block it out. I took it to the dealership and they said that before they could even LOOK at it, they needed to order some new brackets or something or other, because they necessarily get broken just by taking the thing apart to look at it. But I'm taking it back in Friday for them to hopefully find out what's really wrong and fix it.

 

I had it replaced on my Ion redline twice and the cobalt now is starting to squeal a bit too. There is a TSB for it but is seems like they have not actually fixed the motors. They will just replace it with another shitty one.

 

Do you have the TSB details?

 

Mine makes noise on setting 1.

 

x2 i would hope that we dont have to disassemble alot of the dash since its something that needs to be done as often as every 8k miles

 

I checked for a TSB today and couldn't' find one for 2006 Cabalt.
Dennis

 

Could someone take a pic of this elusive filter never seen it before. what the hell does it look like..?

 

My dad's Avalanche did that too now that I thik about it. It's only happened once out of all its 50,000 or so miles.

 

I got my car back from the dealership tonight - my heater was making those weird noises on every setting - they replaced the whole blower motor and the problem is solved. My question is - was there actually something wrong with the blower motor or was it just noisey? In other words, would it eventually have stopped working altogether? Or was it just an annoying noise? I'm asking because it seems like a lot of people are having this problem. I can handle the noise - I usually just turn the radio up. But I can't handle my heater completely dying in the middle of winter.

 

i know mine makes funny noises

 

my 1st one went after a cupple weeks after the noise started and it was in march in ny it was cold as hell so ya i prersonaly think there will be a recall on them some time i was talking with the repair man at my dealer **** and he said hes had blower motors go on the whole 2006 chevy line up in many different cases so hopefully it will happen and then all of are problems will be fixed

 

Mine's an '05.
I thought it was just making a funny noise, didn't realize it would/could have actually died. If I knew that I would have taken it in much sooner - way too cold this time of year to have your heater die on ya. Mine was making noises for over a month or so and never died on me luckily.
Thanks for the info though!