Front blower motor does not work.

2005 FORD FREESTAR
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JOHN1429
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Rear AC works great, the front blower does not turn on. I tested the blower with 12volts and it spins just fine. I also measure 9.7 volts at the blower motor no matter what postion the switch is set at.
Jun 23, 2012 at 9:12 PM
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Auto or Manual AC system?
Jun 23, 2012 at 9:19 PM
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Manual
Jun 23, 2012 at 9:23 PM
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Inspect and test the front blower motor resistor located behind right side of dash-start here
Jun 23, 2012 at 9:30 PM
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Test with a multimeter? What is a good and what makes it bad.
Jun 23, 2012 at 9:48 PM
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Dunno why it goes bad could be voltage overload/etc-try replacing it and see what happens
Jun 23, 2012 at 10:02 PM
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Is there anyway to test it? i though if the resistor was bad it would still work on high speed.
Jun 23, 2012 at 11:03 PM
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Try to swap it with a like one-if it works on high speed the other speed has to go thru the resistor controlling the lower speed
Jun 23, 2012 at 11:43 PM
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Changed resistor and it did not fix it.
Jun 24, 2012 at 12:23 AM
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Have the electronic manual temperature control module checked-See below

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