How did you ramove the big plastic part in the end? The one that covers the blend door. I've followed the video but can't remove the last pice.

If you feel around the edges of the plastic cover you'll find about 6 bumps that are the clips he talks about. Up close the clips look like a tab that goes through a loop. I had to use a tiny flathead screwdriver to push the loops open farther and then pull the cover towards me a little bit so the tabs would slide out. Just be gentle and go one at a time so you don't break the clips.

Wow this answered my question. I am doing this tonight! haha

+Greg Mackay it's not a temporary fix it is a permanent fix! The foam you vacuumed out came off of the door, of you pay attention to the video you can see holes in the door where the foam use to be! If you do not seal those holes your ac will not be as cold as it should be because those holes allow heat and cold air mix making for warmer air.

itskevnow I see. thanks for the tip!

Thanks my friend really help a lot with you're videos thanks again

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Travis Taylor I glad you were able to do the repair! Pretty simple for the most part! Thanks for the comment!👍

agreed, but this lazy person is HOT and the air conditioner won't keep up blowing across the heater core, I suspect I'm going to be doing this fix tonight. Hey, its cheaper and easier than actually repairing the air conditioner

Key Topic this is not mice, the foam on the door breaks down. Think about headliner material when it breaks down it's just like that!

Ha - I got it now - I had a mouse nest on top the cabin filter - I actually just finished using screen - they better not come back !

+Don Costa no problem, it's pretty simple you shouldn't have any trouble!

I was able to get the plastic piece out without detaching my stereo..now my heating/cooling control doesnt work lol and I have to take it apart again

+slimydick23 you are only taking the radio and control head out also the center console. It's really simple.

Not sure what vent tubes your talking about, but if you can seal them with tape I’d do it!

Did you ever figure this out

Yes this fixes that.

@@itskevnow thanks boss!

reikhard79 it will not affect either, this door separates the heater and evaporator.

@@itskevnow Thank you for your video on this fix and for your prompt reply, I will make this as soon as I can 😀

Joe3D just pry them off

Thank you very much but don't know how to do it exactly. Is there a tab that inserts inside or are they clamps that come off entirely? Do do you do it with your hand or what exact tool do you use? Do you do it from one side first? Do you pry them one by one from the from or from the back? Do you just pull the cover until it disjoins? I've tried with a flat screwdriver in the left side and the tab is somewhat bent but did not loose.

@@Joe3D did you figure out how to take that plastic piece?

@@Joe3D Did you remove it? I have exactly the same problem.

@@MaximNovak yes I finally removed it. However, don't expect to fully replace the foams, because the surface covered by foam is much bigger than the one you can access through the cover. What you have to do is to break the tab at the bottom with a flat screwdriver. Insert the screwdriver from front to back where the two plastics meet together and pry a lot until you break the tab from the bottom. Then you can insert your fingers in between and force disengage the others on the sides. The foam is glued to a plastic film. Such plastic film covers the claps on both sides of it, so if the plastic is not broken air will not pass through, even with no foam. If you get air cold or hot enough don't dissassemble the whole thing, takes some tricky effort and you can't replace the entire foam not even half of it because there is another clap behind the one at the front, and when one open the other closes so to access the one in the back you need the one in the front closed but that way you can't access it.

Yes it will help.

I bet you ac works great!🤣🤣🤣

Because engineers don’t think to far beyond their drawings, it looked good on paper! Why do they do most things that we find stupid!

Pull the ac box

Noel Luna maybe the cable came loose try pulling the control head that’s the part with the knobs see if you can see where the cable goes and if it is attached to the door

Same car. Same problem. Takes about 3.5 to 4 hours. Torx 20, flat tip screw driver, foil tape, scissors and radio removal tool ($6.99). Not a hard job. Look online at all videos. For $10 sure beats $600 to $1000 at dealer.

JDAWGGG it’s 100% the problem

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Rodrigo Capeleiro still holding!

+Timmi Tingle if it needs it yes.

Yes since you already there unless you want to do the job againg 3 months down the line

No

@@itskevnow huh, I thought you needed them

It's probably easier to pull the dash (really not that much more work when you're this far in) and then remove this whole air distribution piece, front and back (two screws -- one each on the left & right, one clip on top, then swing down). This will give you access to the whole opening, not just the bottom half.

Same problem. How’d you end up fixing it ?

Quakeboy02 don’t let a couple of older VW turn you off, all cars have problems as they age! The foaming issue is an easy fix! Look I’m an auto mechanic have been for 30 plus years I could tell you stories about all makes and all models that have different problems! But all cars eventually leak fluids.

Engineers and plastics designers have known about the problem with the plasticizers leaching from plastics for decades. And yet, here we are with this crap still being dumped on us. It's inexcusable. I didn't give a damn about the software that fooled the smog sensors. Everybody does that, whether they are caught or not. But, this plastic crap is planned obsolescence on a scale that is simply too grand to ignore. They deliberately make these cars so that the plastics will degrade after they are about a decade old. The engines are still good. So are the transmissions. Likewise the body. But the plastics degrade so badly that they stick to you and ruin your clothes. It's despicable. Just to be clear about why I am so mad: My 03 jetta has less than 60,000 miles on it. I had planned on it being my last car, as I'm not young anymore. Now I can only hope that the leaching process, which has been reaching maturity for 2 years now, will be over soon and I won't get that sticky crap blown all over me anymore.

Quakeboy02 you can argue points like that with all auto makers! Chevys 5.3l has a problem where it starves the engine for oil it’s because of the active fuel management system, at about 60 to 70 thousand miles the lifters start making noise and the fix is tear the engine down an put in these baffles it cost thousands to do this! GM does not have a recall for this they say it started in 2007 and they solved the problem in 2011 well I had a customer come in today with a 2015 same problem. Auto makers are all crooks! Some problems are worse than others!

It’s a permanent fix!

Pex_the_Unalive Drunk it is a permanent fix! The reason you get heat all the time from this is because the foam come off the door and the door is full of holes. It’s not rocket science!

This is a real simple fix.

then bypass your heater core in the summer and reconnect it when it gets cold. It doesn't matter if the air is routed across the heater core if the heater core is not hot.

@@realisticcritic how

Iamchaos13 that’s not how it work 😂

Sime Arsov well if you had this problem you would understand that not only the foam that covers those holes comes through but also heat, because that door separates the evaporator from the heater core. So ya it was for the jizz of it! It’s was a very poor design! These engineers are not always that smart! I’m sure VW choose that style door because of cost.

@@itskevnow I see. I have exactly the same car as you and I'm thinking I should take out the whole HVAC unit off and then cover the holes with aluminum tape and add some foam. Do you have any recommendations for a long-lasting foam or something? I also have a problem where If the defrost is on, I can't switch the air re-circulation button off/on, so I have to take it apart and see what's going on in there. If you have any advice, that'd be welcome.

You don’t need foam, it will work better than new when you do this fix.

+GODOFBEATS it's a real simple job