NC won't crank and AC controls not working

As MickAP says, also look for evidence of leaking grommets, rust streaks on the metalwork behind the glovebox.

This is a well known weakness on the NCs of all years.

You can see it in the pics I took when I fitted the dashcam on the nine year old 25AE I’d just bought.

So the Scuttle grommets were the next items I sorted.