2002 Dodge Stratus blower motor

STAN.DOOLEY

MEMBER
2002 DODGE STRATUS
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
108,296 MILES

2002 dodge stratus sedan. Blower motor will not work when car is started, but if you hit a bump in the road the blower may come on and stay on. Turn the car off, and the blower doesn't work again until you hit a bump in the road again. Also having difficulty finding blower motor resistor and blower mounting nuts.

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KHLOW2008

MECHANIC
41,814 POSTS

Hi stan.dooley,

Thank you for the donation.

The blower motor and resistor are both located on the HVAC housing.

Symptoms indicates the blower motor is failing as the carbon brushes are wearing off.

When blower is turned on and does not work, give the HAC housing some banging with your hand. If the motor starts working, it is bad.

BLOWER MOTOR
Removal
1.Disconnect negative battery cable.
2.Remove lower passenger side hush panel.
3.Remove blower motor connector.
4.Remove the three blower motor mounting screws.
5.Remove blower motor from housing. See Fig. 11.

Installation
1.Install blower motor into the housing.
2.Install the three blower motor mounting screws.
3.Connect blower motor wiring harness.
4.Install lower passenger side hush panel.

BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR
Removal
1.Remove lower passenger side hush panel.
2.Disconnect wiring harness connectors from resistor. See Fig. 30 .
3.Remove blower resistor mounting screws.
4.Pull blower motor resistor out of HVAC housing.

Installation
1.Install blower resistor into HVAC housing.
2.Install and tighten the two resistor mounting screws.
3.Connect resistor wiring harness.
4.Install lower passenger side hush panel.