Mavic Air overheating and fan fix

After taking off and landing in a dusty surface; my Mavic Air's fan suddenly stopped. I initially thought it had been a firmware update. However, that did not make much sense to me and decided that it must be a mechanical problem. I went ahead and removed the top shell to reveal the fan. Turned the MA on and it was not still working. Cleaned it up a bit, and after a few taps... it started working again. Kind of disappointed at how easily the fan could stop working just because of tiny dust particles. Hopefully, the fan will keep working while flowing. It has been a few rough days trying to figure this out.

This is the video with the teardown instructions:

I used the Caption Translation function to translate from German.

[jewelwrenn]

Unfortunately I have to send my MA back. Never got chance to get in the air, download the last firmware update then I got processor chip error.

[patrickdizonfilms]

i have the same issue it happen overseas, i can sent it to dji im on holiday thinking of doing this as well.

[scottturner]

Is it still working well or have you had more problems?

[abdullahalrashedi]

hi
did you change the fan ?? bec I have same problem !!

[QUADFLY]

Hi. I'm trying to take the top shell off myself and I'm stuck at the front camera end. There seems to be two screws holding the shell in place. Are these two screws the ones I see accessible each side of the camera gimbal underneath? Cheers

[andresmeneses]

How did you remove the cover? Thanks for this video

[GRequinBlanc]

I used compressed air to get the fan 'unstuck' without having to remove the top shell.