Opel Frontera UBS. Manual - part 1848

HEATING AND VENTILATION  1A – 25

REMOVAL

Preparation:

Disconnect the battery ground cable 

1. Front console assembly 

2. Lower cluster assembly

3. Glove box

4. Instrument panel passenger lower cover

5. Instrument panel driver lower cover

6. Meter cluster assembly

Refer to Section 10 “BODY” for INSTRUMENT PANEL
ASSEMBLY removal procedure. 

7. Attaching Screws

Remove the 4 attaching screws and disconnect the
control lever cables at heater unit and blower
assembly.

8. Fan Switch and A/C Switch Connector

Pull the control lever assembly out and disconnect
the connectors.

9. Control Lever Assembly 

10. Control Cable 

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INSTALLATION

To install, follow the removal steps in the reverse order,
noting the following points: 

1. Adjust the control cables 

Air source control cable
1) Slide the control lever to the left (“CIRC” position).
2) Connect the control cable at the “CIRC” position of

the link unit of blower assembly and fix it with the
clip.

Temperature control cable
1) Turn the control knob to the left (“MAX COLD”

position).

2) Connect the control cable at the “COLD” position

of  the temperature control link of the heater unit
and  fix it with the clip.

Air select control cable
1) Turn the control knob to the right (“DEFROST”

position).

2) Connect the control cable at the “DEFROST”

position of the mode control link of the heater unit
and fix it with the clip. 

2. Check control cable operation.

AIR SELECTOR CABLE

Air selector knob

VENT

BI-LEVEL

FOOT

DEF/FOOT

DEF

(DEF)

TEMPERATURE CONTROL CABLE

Temperature control knob

COLD

HOT

(MAX

COLD)

AIR SOURCE SELECT CABLE

Air source select lever

(CIRC)

CIRC

FRESH

Clip

HEATING AND VENTILATION  1A – 27

Removal Steps

1. Control lever assembly
2. Bulb socket
3. Illumination bulb

Installation Steps

To install, follow the removal steps in the
reverse order.

CONTROL PANEL ILLUMINATION BULB

2

3

1

REMOVAL

Preparation:

Disconnect the battery ground cable 

1. Control Lever Assembly

Refer to “CONTROL LEVER ASSEMBLY” removal
procedure in this section. 

2. Bulb Socket

Pull out the socket from the panel by turning it
counterclockwise.

3. Illumination Bulb

Pull the illumination bulb from socket.

INSTALLATION

To install, follow the removal steps in the reverse order.

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5

7

6

To Blower unit

To Heater unit

3

4

1

2

Removal Steps

1. Front console assembly
2. Lower cluster assembly
3. Glove box
4. Instrument panel passenger

lower cover

5. Resistor connector
6. Duct (Heater only)
7. Resistor

Installation Steps

To install, follow the removal steps in the
reverse order.

RESISTOR

This illustration is based on RHD