jlrohio
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- 1999 Ford Explorer XL
99 Ford Explorer XL
Manual Blower Motor Controls
Is this a blower motor problem or a resistor problem?
It all started when the blower motor would not come on at all, at any speed.
I originally thought it may have been a fuse but could not find any blown fuses. After inspecting the fuses, I just happened to start the Explorer back up and the blower motor once again started working.
A few days later, the same thing happens and the blower motor will not turn on, on any of the speeds. So, I checked the fuses again (hey, it worked once! ) and there were no blown fuses (again). I started the Explorer and the fan once again works!
A few days later the blower motor does not come on (at any speed) for the third time. So, I reset the fuses and this time it did not temp. fix the issue.
After searching around the ExplorerForum website, I start inspecting the actual blower motor and tapped on the front of the blower motor and the fan start humming away and it is working again! (BTW, key was in ACC mode).
The last few days, I have had to resort to opening the hood and tapping the motor each and everytime I wanted to have air conditioning blowing.
So, here's a video of me tapping the motor and you can hear it start up. What's your best guess as to the issue??
Do you think the Blower Motor is going bad or that the resistor on the blower motor is going bad??? I'll have to see about removing it all this weekend.
https://youtu.be/Luh8IFu6FHg
Manual Blower Motor Controls
Is this a blower motor problem or a resistor problem?
It all started when the blower motor would not come on at all, at any speed.
I originally thought it may have been a fuse but could not find any blown fuses. After inspecting the fuses, I just happened to start the Explorer back up and the blower motor once again started working.
A few days later, the same thing happens and the blower motor will not turn on, on any of the speeds. So, I checked the fuses again (hey, it worked once! ) and there were no blown fuses (again). I started the Explorer and the fan once again works!
A few days later the blower motor does not come on (at any speed) for the third time. So, I reset the fuses and this time it did not temp. fix the issue.
After searching around the ExplorerForum website, I start inspecting the actual blower motor and tapped on the front of the blower motor and the fan start humming away and it is working again! (BTW, key was in ACC mode).
The last few days, I have had to resort to opening the hood and tapping the motor each and everytime I wanted to have air conditioning blowing.
So, here's a video of me tapping the motor and you can hear it start up. What's your best guess as to the issue??
Do you think the Blower Motor is going bad or that the resistor on the blower motor is going bad??? I'll have to see about removing it all this weekend.
https://youtu.be/Luh8IFu6FHg