I have a 1998 Neon, the blower motor quit working about a month ago. The fuse was blown, I replaced the fuse and it worked fine up until the other day, it quit working. The first thing I did was check the fuse, sure enough it was blown. I replaced the fuse this time but now as soon as I turn on the blower motor switch it blows the fuse, I pulled the blower motor out today and hooked it to 12v. at batt. and it worked fine, any suggestions, poss. wiring maybe. I need help, Thanks.

 

The fuse is blowing because something is pulling too much power.

Does the fuse blow immediately when you turn it on?

Does it only blow if you jam the fan speed **** all the way to max or does it blow at any other reduced selected speed?

The blower motor could still be bad even though you tested it by hooking it up directly to a battery, because again, if there is a short in the motor, it will pull more power then the is designed for, and by hooking it up to the battery direct, there is no fuse to blow, so it will suck as much power as it can get. You need to put the motor on a multimeter and see what resistance level it has.

Also, check the wires from the fuse panel to the blower connector to see if they have any breaks, cuts, insulation rubbed off, etc. as that can also be the problem.

Blower motors are cheap. If you don't want to fool around with one, just get a new one and put it in after checking the wires to see if there are any visible problems.

 

Yes, the fuse blows as soon as I turn on the blower, no blower movement at all. Also I unhooked the blower motor at the motor, put in a new fuse and it blows it out as soon as I turn on the blower.

 

The blower motor is the first thing in line after the fuse, so if the fuse blows with the blower motor disconnected then there is a short in the harness.

 

Thanks Tizzy, I will check it out. The wires go up and through the dashboard looks like a real pain in the *** to track down.

 

Take the dash top cover off and there should be a 6 pin blue connector on the right side that the blower motor wires go through. You can unplug and narrow it down a little more.

 

Thanks Tizzy, I found the blower motor wire to be worn through way up in the dash, repaired it and it works great. As a bonus I found a bad ground for my rear defrost and right front speaker wire disconnected hooked it all up and it all works. Thanks for your help.

 

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