Where can I find the heater blower resistor. If it's on the blower how do I get at that behind the dashboard?

2001 VOLVO S40
50,000 MILES
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DAVIDJULIAN24
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Think my resistor is shot because of erratic blower speeds. Most are located on 'heater plenum', -where's that? Thanks - David
Jan 24, 2012 at 1:03 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Check the passenger fan speed control module this is the one that controls the speed of the blower motor

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Jan 24, 2012 at 1:21 PM
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JIS001
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The climate control unit fail a lot on this vehicls also.
Jan 25, 2012 at 6:38 AM
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