a/c making flappy noise - including audio clip... help? :)
 

hi everyone...

my scion xd's a/c is making noise all of a sudden.

the only way i can describe it is it's sort of a flappy noise. but you can listen to it here because i recorded it:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1697331/2011-03-11_ac_noise.mp3

i go through low, med, med-high (i think) and high there. i can hear it most on low, med and med-high... i can barely hear it on high. but i don't wanna have to have my air on high all the time so i don't hear the noise, you know?

so what do you think? i thought maybe it was something stuck in the vent, like a leaf or something. but i'm not sure.

i've had the car since november of 2009. would it still be under warranty? wasn't sure about that.

is there anything i can try to do (to fix it) without going to the dealer?

I've never heard that sound before, I would take it up there to have it looked at. Your internal direction vents may have some debre (sorry if i didnt spell it right) in it, or they can be loose.

Question did you ever install a cabin air filter? That sounds like their is a leaf or trash (in my case a sheet of paper) hitting your blower.

---------- Post added at 03:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:08 AM ----------

http://www.scionxdforum.com/forum/sh...t=cabin+filter
This link should help if you have never opened up the glove box compartment.

As Chris said above, stuff often manages to find its way into the blower housing via the fresh air intake, etc.

Hope this helps and saves you a trip to the shop.