Blower wont work on lower speeds?

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My heater dont work when set to 1, 2, or 3. But when set to 4 and 5 it does. What causes this. I just replaced the blower motor. Before it started there was a clicking noise occasionally on passenger side front vent.
Sunday, November 6th, 2011 AT 11:37 PM

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Tiny
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Most likely the blower motor resistor.
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Sunday, November 6th, 2011 AT 11:49 PM
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How do I replace that?
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Sunday, November 6th, 2011 AT 11:50 PM
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You need to take off the under dash paneling, then lay outside the car and put your head where the passengers feet go. As far back as possible you will see a connector that fits into the resistor. Unplug it, plug in the new resistor to test it, then unscrew the screws holding the resistor with the 7/32 socket then put the new resistor in.
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Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 12:11 AM
Tiny
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Ok. I will try this. Thank you.
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Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 12:30 AM
Tiny
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The resistor is next to blower motor in same housing.
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Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 12:52 AM
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My heater blower only works on high do you know what this is and how to locate and fix the problem?
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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Why yes I do. You need to replace your blower motor resistor. It is located next to the blower motor and is held in by 2 7/32 screws. Replace this and all your problems will go away.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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My blower on my heater quit working on the 3 lowest speeds but still works on the 2 highest speeds, is this a easy fix and how do you fix this?
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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Not sure of the question, seems to be cut off. Ask the question in the body of the post. To test motor, remove the plug, use a fuse protected wire from the battery and one to ground, touch the terminals on the motor, does it worK, if yes, replace the resistor, it's bolted to the blower case next to the blower.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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Not real hard.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:42 PM (Merged)
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The heater works on high setting only. What should I check?
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)
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Hello,

It sounds like you might have a faulty blower motor resistor.
When you turn the fan speed knob, the resistor on the blower motor changes the speed.
Over time the resistors can wear off and go bad, sometimes you might loose one or two speed settings, other times only one speed will work. A lot of times only the full blast will work.
The resistor is mounted at the bottom of the blower motor. To access it you will have to remove the trim pieces under the glove box on the passenger side.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/blower-fan-motor-works-on-high-speed-only

I have attached the diagrams for your reference.

Please let me know of any questions.
Thank you.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)
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My 99 grand ams blower has 5 speed blower control it would only work on 5 for about a minute so I replaced the blower motor resister I tested it after and all 5 speeds worked properly the next day all speeds still worked but would shut down after about 2 minutes I hope someone could help I am stumped.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)
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When the problem occurs, I'd check the circuits at the blower relay. The orange wire is only hot for high-speed, voltage goes to coil side of relay. When relay is energized, that line with the arrow head on it, moves to the high-speed blower fuse. When the relay is not energized there is continuity for the lower speeds, blue wire carries voltage for lower speeds.


https://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/512072_grand_am_blower_relay_1.jpg



You could use jumper wires with inline fuse for voltage and ground to blower motor, blower motor should run as long as the wires are hooked up. If it still stops, I suspects a faulty blower motor.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)
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Heater blower motor onlly works on high speed.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)
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I just had that some problem with my 99 Grand AM. I had to replace the blower motor, and now it works great. Oh, but be carefull, cause when I did that, the water pump started leaking and now I have to replace that alone with the thermastate housing unit.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)
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Before you do that I would check the resistor for it I have a 1990 grand am and thats whats wrong with mine
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Saturday, November 9th, 2024 AT 4:45 PM (Merged)

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