2000 cougar blower motor

[mr_hops48]

I lost the 3 low speeds on the blower motor today. only the #4 setting
(high) works. any ideas on where to start looking? the fan was running
at setting 2 and just died. i opened the hood to see if i could see the blower motor and all i can say is wow.. it that thing packed tight. might the resistor be under dash?

[jakegday]

the blower motor resistor is defienetly your problem, and yes, its in the dash, somewhere, i can imagine youll wanna do this on a day when you have ALOT of time and patience

[bigj-dog]

The blower motor is above the passenger's foot compartment, it just twists like 10 degrees counterclockwise to be removed, but it's not you problem, the resistor is about 8 inches toward the drivers side and there is a 4 wire (i think) plugin and it plug straight toward the front. I think it's held in by 2 8mm head screws. Call your dealer though, there is a recall for that same problem on '99 models and I'd bet 2000 also. The resistor melts down and the dealer should fix it for free.

[mr_hops48]

thanks for all the info !