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Nigel Whitwood
Guest User
Hi,
On a recent trip where I rarely had a couple of passengers, they closed all the rear vents after which they could not be re-opened. I've seen a post from a few years ago about this problem with no resolution so I thought I'd investigate further. The vents pop out quite easily with use of a credit card and now that I've taken a look I cannot see how they could ever work as intended, (unless I'm missing something of course). I've posted a photograph of the mechanism showing the cam that closes the inner flaps. As can be seen the cam is not symmetrical so works differently depending on the direction turned.. If turned fully anticlockwise to the solid dot then it will always jam and cannot be reopened however much force is applied. If on the other hand it is turned fully clockwise the slightly different angle and shorter travel means that it can be re-opened.
Surely I cant be the only person who has had this problem? Is this a design flaw ?
On a recent trip where I rarely had a couple of passengers, they closed all the rear vents after which they could not be re-opened. I've seen a post from a few years ago about this problem with no resolution so I thought I'd investigate further. The vents pop out quite easily with use of a credit card and now that I've taken a look I cannot see how they could ever work as intended, (unless I'm missing something of course). I've posted a photograph of the mechanism showing the cam that closes the inner flaps. As can be seen the cam is not symmetrical so works differently depending on the direction turned.. If turned fully anticlockwise to the solid dot then it will always jam and cannot be reopened however much force is applied. If on the other hand it is turned fully clockwise the slightly different angle and shorter travel means that it can be re-opened.
Surely I cant be the only person who has had this problem? Is this a design flaw ?
