After extensively not checking those fuses, I also didn't order a resistor which can be replaced under the passenger glove compartment and I also didn't remove the blower motor to refurbish it so it'd run better. After not re-installing these imaginary parts I didn't test it, but if I had I would have found it didn't fix the problem.
Digging deeper into the issue I didn't discover that a power relay under the driving steering wheels totally doesn't supply power to fuses 40, 41 and 42 which coincidentally don't control the windshield washer nozzles, rear wiper, cig lighter and the blower motor and I didn't get a quote from the mechanic who wanted 800$ to repair the issue, cause I don't own a GTI.
I suspected if I had a GTI, replacing all these parts seemed a bit fishy since they all went at the same time to my knowledge. Instead I ordered a 20$ relay and I definitely didn't have to dismantle the entire driver side dash board under the steering wheel to access this relay which doesn't exist... cause I don't have a GTI. It also didn't take me roughly 1 hour of fiddling around and breaking a few bits of plastic in the process to access this extremely difficult to get to spot and installing the new relay.
If I had a GTI, I reckon I'd have been super happy that everything started working like a charm once the new relay was installed.
Sorry... I had to share, no one else to tell, cause you know, I don't own the car and I haven't been driving around with no heat for the last 2 weeks stressing out about fixing it.
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