Heat Saturn L200

ZBARKER

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2001 SATURN L200
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
130,000 MILES

I have a 2001 Saturn L series 4 cylinder. The heat has stopped working, and I live in Minnesota with the current temp of -18.

The control switch to turn the heat levels from Low/Med/High does not do anything. There is nothing blowing out of the vents.

I checked the 40 amp fuse, I think it is the only fuse I needed to check, and it was fine.

Any thoughts?

fyi. I know very little about cars, but I am not afraid to jump in with a little guidance from the experts. I called the repair place that I have brought the car to for years and it apparently has changed owners and now it cost $200 for them to look at it only.

Please help
Thanks
Zachary

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SATURNTECH9

MECHANIC
30,869 POSTS

So the blower fan doesn't work on any speed?Do you have a multimeter to do some testing?

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Friday, February 11th, 2011 AT 2:46 AM

ZBARKER

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Today's update:
I was able to get to the blower motor after taking the windshield wiper arms off. Once I got to the motor I turned on the car and all of the sudden the blower motor was working and I could use the fan switch control and change the settings from Low/Med/High. So I let the car run for a few minutes to see if the car would warm up and blow heat. Sure enough I got heat. I then tried to change the vents from Floor -- Floor/Dash -- Defrost -- Dash. The switch would change but the air flow did not. Meaning the switch was switched from dash to floor and the air flow was still coming out the dash and not the floor.

I am assuming the blower motor is most likely failing, but I am not 100% sure if that is the 1 and only issue I have.

Thoughts.