Thread: 2004 blower resistor and blower and??

IIRC the B/M resistor was an issue on the 04 year too. Not so much after that year. There is TSBs about it on Alldata

This link shows the TSB and diagrams of the pinout for the resistor. Plus the part # for the capacitor.

http://www.justanswer.com/car/3yey9-...-shut-off.html

Amazon has the capacitor..........http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Kinda wondering if I should install it for insurance.

Well it wasn't the resistor because it funked out again today.

A small thump with the fist under the ignition on the corner where the fan speed knob is, started it.
Back to a pulsing fan speed. The speeds do work. Sometimes smooth and sometimes not.
It has a weird noise at times like there is a twig in the blower....somewhat of a motorboat sound. More prevalent on the defrost/floor setting.

I haven't worked on the car at all to cause this.
Any 04+ guys had a problem similar?

Is there any water falling onto the motor from those defective cowls?

Originally Posted by luckyg817

Is there any water falling onto the motor from those defective cowls?

Nope I have had the revised cowl insert for the last few years. Who knows what happened before.
I did notice the old cabin filter was bowled sagging like it probably had gotten wet at some point.

When I changed the resistor, I cleaned the blower cage and noticed it would take a LOT of water to get past the motor shroud set-up
I ordered a blower motor last night to add to my shotgun cabinet, supposed to be here tomorrow.
It worked fine today...wtf

All the problems from various other places have wildly different scenarios.
Resistor,blower motor, HVAC control or ignition switch....plus the wire issues involved with no rhyme or reason.
Regardless I'll post updates

Popped in a TYC blower motor,43 dollars from Amazon. It's from Taiwan. The original was Korean.
We'll see

Originally Posted by Travisgt2

My 04 if I hit a good bump dies then come back some times if a door is slammed wrong it makes it stop so ill reach under and smack it get it working again I found that the water (be rain, melted snow, car wash ect...) gets in under the plastic right at bottom windshield on passenger side and leaks into cabin air filter then goes down to blower motor and id have a pond on passenger floor board I could swim in seriously there was standing water after a few good summer rains so I got window gasket black goop stuff sealed it good and no more problems other then blower going out but that's cause water damage and I have had to replace my resister once cause water damage

This time taking things apart I actually looked at the shroud.I was in a hellfire hurry the first time to get my son home in a snowfall.
It definitely had been holding water in the past. I looked up in the blow hole, there is no sign of water entry.
I'm thinking the motor finally corroded enough to not work properly.
But...at this point this all speculation.

I did test old VS new before I installed the new one.
The new seemed to have more snot and the old one had the old electric motor pulsing.