Posted on Oct 10, 2009

Noise from blower fan from mice nest

I have a tapping noise when I run the fan for the heater or defroster and a guy at the napa store told me that there was probably a mice nest there since the car - 1997 4-runner - sat for a few months while I was overseas. Can I just take a cover or something off and look and clean the fan out if there is a mice nest and how do I do that. Thank You

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You should be able to remove just the fan blower from under the passenger side dash and clean out the housing and the blower wheel

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