the plug that plugs into the blower resister and connected to the wiring harness is no good.Does the dealer sell a repair plug that can be attached to the wires without dealing with the entire wiring harness

 

I had a problem w/ my wiring not too long ago, by the looks of it I have new wires running to the resistor. Im not entirely sure if its just wires or a whole harness. Ill ask tomorrow when im at work.

 

to answer my own question,yes the dealer does sell a replacement plug with about a foot and a half of wire attached so you can cut the old plug off and reconnect with butt connectors.

 

Hi ccap,
The replacement plug is not as simple as it sounds. PN# 5017124-AB List $64.00 comes with 20 wires with snap in terminals (10 gold plated, 10 tin plated) , a plug, 5 pieces of shrink tube, an assortment of crimp connectors that appear to need a special tool, and 2 plastic pieces that I have no idea what they are for. The aforementioned wires come in equal #'s of green or violet. The green appear to be 14 AWG and the violet 18 AWG there are no markings, and no instructions are provided. I am going to have to climb under the dash to figure out which wires are best suited for my Truck 2002 4WD. I know that I only need 5 but which 5 do I choose? I also want to make sure I match single colored wires to their proper terminals. It would have been so much more convenient if Mopar would have offered a simple pre-wired plug with aout a 6" lead.
I am replacing both the plug and resistor this weekend, so I will let you know if I learn anything useful along the way. If I can I'll post some photos of the kit, and perhaps aphoto walk through of the repair process.

 

yes ,you are correct about the replacement plug kit.I used the 14awg wire,because at least 2 of my old wires were that size.The other 3 were larger then the purple ones provided,but smaller than the green ones in the kit so I figured I was better off with the larger wire.In all it took about 1/2 hour to cut and splice the new plug in and all works well now.Thanks for your reply.

 

I did the same with the larger wires. I also put together a Power Point of the repair process, but I am not sure how to post it to the Dodge Forum. I thought that it might be useful for some of the other members that have not run into this problem before.

I still don't know how to post a power point here, but I made an attempt at providing some info onto a webpage.

I hope this helps someone here: Do It Yourself Blower Motor Resistor and Plug Repair >>> http://mysite.verizon.net/vzew8gyh/id1.html
Sincerest apologies as the POWER POINT PRESENTATION is no longer available on the Verizon website. Will attempt to find an alternate place to post it.

 

Thanks for the powerpoint Tim. A year later , and I found this powerpoint file just when I needed it. I figured the OEM replacement wire harness would come with the the leads color-coded to match and pre-installed in the connector. Bad assumption. My old one is in shrapnel in order to remove it... it was melted bad. I didn't have a clue which wire went where.

This wiring kit and blower installation went smoothly. The internet is a great resource at times. New blower & new resistor with wiring kit are functioning as new again.

Thanks again.

 

I have a 1997 Dakota that the blower does not work on any speed setting, so I will have to check this resistor thing out. Does anyone know if the resistor is in the same spot on a 97?

Thanks!!!

 

Hey All,

Just a quick ? for ya'll...When I called the dealership, they advised me that I should also replace the blower motor as there is a resistance problem in it that caused the meltdown of the plug...Have you all found that to be the case or are they just trying to sell me a blower motor I do not need?

 

in2chaos,

I've replaced the resistor more than 5 times on this Dakota, the last few suffered melted connectors. The latest melted connector emitted a burnt plastic smell, and the connector was in really bad shape. I've read online that there was a series of blower motors that were produced that function fine, but overload the resistors. The dealer could not confirm this, but did recommend that I replace the blower. I have replaced the blower motor, and installed the resistor and wiring kit. So far so good. To early to say everything is fine, but it functions properly. I paid about $180 CDN for the blower & wiring kit, and the dealer tossed the resistor in for free.

Good luck.