blower motor...

[annguyen1981]

I have a 2000 Cirrus, and may need to replace the blower motor...

Does anyone know how to do this? If so, is it an easy job, or should I not waste my time and bring it in to be done... I don't want to start and finish eight hours later. =/

Thankz

[shaneland]

it might not be the motor.

passenger side...theres a cover over the blower motor. Take off the cover. On the bottom of the blower motor theres a wiring harness. Take out the screws and drop down the little part. The part has 3 coils and a resistor. Replace this part and replace the cover. Check the speeds and everything should work...

The way you can tell it isnt the motor is if you have only high speed.

[annguyen1981]

I have replaced the blower motor resistor two times already, but the dealer said that the motor probably needs to be replaced because it might be sending too much current into the resistor.

[eXcelon]

ya i replaced my blower resistor like 5 times already, its the blower motor thats the problem. another thing you can try is after you replace the blower resistor just dont use the lowest speed setting which has the most resistance.

[shaneland]

one time I found a hunk of insulation wrapped up in the my resistor. This was probably the cause for it blowing...never went after that...

[annguyen1981]

Ever since I replaced the resistor a couple months ago, I haven't used the lowest setting, and everything seems to be fine...

But there are times, I set it, and realize that it's on the lowest setting. I change it asap so it doesn't blow.

I have taken apart the resistor and I found the piece that keeps going. it's a small resistor, and i'm thinking that I could replace that piece with one that can withstand a slightly larger surge.

[shaneland]

that may be possible but it may cause the fan to blow differently.

I can get the resistor block pretty cheap. Used $10.