Blower does only work in 3 and 4 (and not in 1 and 2)

[pv-alero]

hello,

My Alero 2001 2.4 has a problem.
The blower (dash air vent) doesn't work in 1 and 2,
i checked the fuses,and they are alright.
Does somebody know where i have to look ?

greetings
Patrick (Netherlands Europe)

[steve-o]

it's the resistor for your blower motor. classic GM problem.

[pv-alero]

Thanks Steve, for your quick reaction.
Can you tell me where i can find this resistor.
And how can you see if it's broken ?

greetings Patrick

[steve-o]

Its under the passanger side dash, behind the blower motor, Its a bit tricky to get to. its a little circuit board, so when ou take it out, you will see the bad traces i think they are called. If I remember correctly, its has a 4 wire harness going into it. hope that helps.

[pv-alero]

hi Steve,
Is this the part ?
If so, can i meassure it,if it is really broken ?
it has 5 wire to it.



greetings Patrick

[steve-o]

that looks like the one, I'm sure you can measure it, although I never did before. But I'm 99.9% positive thats what is causing your problem.

now that I think about it, it makes sense that there is 5 wires going to it.

[MixtapeMessiah]

replace ur blower motor resistor, u can get it from autozon for like 20 bucks and do it urself

[pv-alero]

hi Steve,
i replaced the restistor, with a new one.
the blower is working again.
thanks for your information

greetings Patrick

[antichrysler]

looking at that image you can see the burnt traces

[el_espiritu]

I've got an offer from a german part distributor he wants about 38 US$ for the resistor.
Can anyone provide me with the "official" price from GM?

[antichrysler]

It's around $30 CAD here... a resistor is a resistor... if it'll fix it just get it

[misslindseysue]

I paid $20US for mine at Murray's, but they probably have to import it all they way to Germany, so that sounds like a fair price. You could check gmpartsdirect.com, but I don't know if it'd ship that far (or what it would cost).

[el_espiritu]

OK thanx, I've ordered it