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Originally Posted by 03v8sport
Good evening! I'm out in Del Rio. The airflow stopped entirely after the cracking sound but the whine that I heard when the air stopped is still there - somewhat like a laptop's fan. This may sound odd but I didn't get a detailed invoice from them.. but they charged the AC as part of the 120k service and it somehow restored the fan's function - it blows cold too. I think there must have been some sort of blockage but now I also wonder if whatever broke off in there will cause damage later or if the damaged part will fail...
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Oh yeah, I've stayed in Del Rio, many times! I always spend a couple of nights there, on my way to Big Bend NP and I was there during the horrible flooding of 1998. Are you affiliated with Laughlin AFB? Anyway, back to your rig: It is impossible to know if the "cracking sound" incident will have any future adverse affect on your HVAC system, without disassembling it. I can tell you that the OEM blower motor costs about $450.00 new. However if memory serves, it's a relatively easy replacement as I think it sits below the glove box. So, you might want to look into pulling the blower motor out and physically examine it. In fact, I'm willing to bet that when the Toyota tech checked your A/C system, they probably did this anyway and that's how they cleared it so that it now operates <----- purely arrogant speculation from this blowhard!
PS, I see that you have been a member of T4R.org for almost ten years. How come you only have 29 posts?
Anyway, good luck!