Becareful with your HVAC vent adjusters..

C-M2 · 05-11-2012, 10:08 AM

This morning I was in shock when I went to adjust my driver side vents and they fell apart.... Curious I went to adjust the passenger side and the same exact thing happened....

I can't believe all 4 front adjusters failed with literally no force at all. As you can see one of the backings had also fallen out. The remaining 3 are still stuck in the HVAC vents.

happos2 · 05-11-2012, 10:10 AM

Interesting, never seen this happen before...

C-M2 · 05-11-2012, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by happos2

Interesting, never seen this happen before...

Neither have I... I did a quick search with no results. Either these things are really weak or the previous owner of the car used to SLAM these things in place.

VMcV3y · 05-11-2012, 10:37 AM

Sounds familiar:

Not on a BMW, but I had a Mercury Mistake... I mean, Mystique, that was possessed by the Demon of Perpetual Car Snafus. One of the twenty-one (really) warranty-serviceable failures was the horizontal center-mounted air conditioning vents. I hardly ever moved them, and one day just touched it to point it a different direction .... the entire assembly fell apart like they were dominoes. I vividly remember all the little plastic blades cascading down to the center console.

What a POS that car was...

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gblansten · 05-11-2012, 10:40 AM

Are you in an E46 or an E92?

Tonyfsu21 · 05-11-2012, 10:43 AM

OP do you have beefy Bigfoot paws? I have this fat friend "Adam Bomb" with the fattest fingers you have ever seen, anything he touches just crumbles in fear of the wrath of his paws. I wont let that fat bitch within 10 feet of my car. Just food for thought...

C-M2 · 05-11-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by gblansten

Are you in an E46 or an E92?

Yes, I am in a E92. Haven't updated my user cp yet..

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Originally Posted by Tonyfsu21

OP do you have beefy Bigfoot paws? I have this fat friend "Adam Bomb" with the fattest fingers you have ever seen, anything he touches just crumbles in fear of the wrath of his paws. I wont let that fat bitch within 10 feet of my car. Just food for thought...

Not at all. Just an athletic build 6'2 white boy

Poppin Fresh · 05-11-2012, 11:14 AM

You must not know your own strength.

WCH · 05-11-2012, 11:16 AM

This happened on our '07 E93 335. Fixed under warranty.

48Laws · 05-11-2012, 11:17 AM

At least you have a forum to vent.

BreakPoint · 05-11-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Smg Ftw

Not at all. Just an athletic build 6'2 white boy

Do your friends refer to you as "ogre" or "corn fed". This could be an indicator.

THE TECH · 05-11-2012, 11:25 AM

I think you man handled it to be honest.

C-M2 · 05-11-2012, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by THE TECH

I think you man handled it to be honest.

That's what my original thought process was when the first one snapped off. Then I went on to try to slide the remaining 3 from left to right slowly and felt that they were all loose. Once one of the clips fails chances are the 2nd one on the same side will follow shortly. I wish I could blame it on my brute strength but that's not the case.

Just giving a heads up to people that this may happen. Unfortunately if you aren't under warranty you will need to buy the whole housing as you cannot purchase just the tab.

M3PO · 05-11-2012, 12:16 PM

OP needs to lay off the 'roids?

SoTempted · 05-11-2012, 12:19 PM

OP, would your last name happen to be Banner? Are you sometimes enraged to the point where you wake up in a pile of rubble with no recollection of how you got there or how the destruction occurred?

KJ · 05-11-2012, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SoTempted

OP, would your last name happen to be Banner? Are you sometimes enraged to the point where you wake up in a pile of rubble with no recollection of how you got there or how the destruction occurred?

HULK SMASH!!!

"OMG, my air vents are busted...WTF happened?!?!"

767IJP · 05-11-2012, 06:07 PM

Holy Bam Bam.

ajvee · 05-11-2012, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 48Laws

At least you have a forum to vent.

lol! love it

GIdriver · 05-11-2012, 06:22 PM

Weird.

socalm3lover · 05-11-2012, 08:41 PM

My detailer's guys (who is really good) broke both my center vents. He paid to replace them.

John

WangTa · 05-12-2012, 03:10 AM

Both at the same time? BEAST MODE

WangTa · 05-12-2012, 03:11 AM

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OP, would your last name happen to be Banner? Are you sometimes enraged to the point where you wake up in a pile of rubble with no recollection of how you got there or how the destruction occurred?

Lol awesome.

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