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Old 08-09-21, 08:50 AM
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I have a noise coming from the right side of my dash, and it only happens when the air is running. Any ideas? I recorded the audio from the noise and attached to the posting.

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Old 08-09-21, 02:25 PM
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Do the simple thing first ... pull out the cabin air filter and see.

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With my volume turned up to full it's really hard to hear it.
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Hard to hear with the background noise but from what I can register it sounds like a worm gear is slipping on one of the air dampener actuators.
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