2001 Volkswagen Passat Not heating properly

NINOSCAR

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2001 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
62,000 MILES

About March of 2007, I heard some noices coming from the blower in the dashboard. It sounded like clicking noices; maybe like the fans of an impeller or a motor lstarting to lock up. The noise eventually went away and coincidenty it seemed that it was only blowing cooler air. The car has the automatic controls; I beleive it is called Climatronic. Spring and summer came and the A/C set on Auto worked fine. Winter came again and with relatively mild temperatures, it appeared the heating was OK. When it got really cold, it takes a long time for the temperature guage to go to the middle of the dial if at all and it takes at least 20-30 minutes to get warm air (not hot) to come through.

Any help will be appreciated

When I first mentioned it to my mechanic he said it may be the blender door and it would cost $1,000 to fix. I am reluctant to bring it to my VW since I have been dissatisfied with them.

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2CARPRO JACK

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If the engine doesnt heat up or heats slowly the performance of the heater will suffer. Try a new thermostat to try to get the engine up to temp sooner. Does the fan in the dash work ok at all speeds?

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Monday, January 7th, 2008 AT 7:41 AM

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Yes. The fans works at all speeds. Today, it was almost 60F and the engine temperature went to the middle of the guage quickly, but when I increased the termperature digitally to 80F it still was blowing cool air. Thanks.