# Mouse nest in 2000 chevy malibu fan

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, malibu\
**Created:** [August 7, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662 "2009-08-07T23:27:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tlarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@tlarson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tlarson)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662/1 "2009-08-07T23:27:25Z")

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My malibu has been sitting for 2 months in a garage and when I turn on the fan it sounds like mouse nest! What can I do to get it out???

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662/2 "2009-08-07T23:32:49Z")

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Remove the blower motor/fan from under the passenger side dash.

Tester

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**Author:** ![tlarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@tlarson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tlarson)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662/3 "2009-08-08T13:26:02Z")

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is it located under the glove box? How difficult is this?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662/4 "2009-08-08T13:30:01Z")

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Stick your head up under the dash in front of the passenger set, look up with a flashlight, and you’ll see the ductwork. The fan is mounted in the ductwork.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mouse-nest-in-2000-chevy-malibu-fan/34662/5 "2009-08-08T15:36:08Z")

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What mountainbike said.

It isn’t difficult in any technical sense - probably 3 or 4 screws or bolts. It can tend to get difficult in an acrobatic sense - in terms of what has to be done with the body to get yourself under there in the right way and doing what needs to be done.