AC/heat fan stopped working

2005 TOYOTA COROLLA
97,000 MILES • 1.8L • 4 CYL
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LALEE2014
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I bought this car used in the winter. The heat was working fine but slowly it became more difficult to get it to come on by turning the fan knob. Come spring the air conditioning was working great very cold lots of air coming through the vents all the sudden the fan speed knob only worked on low until it eventually stopped working. The AC button only lit up green sometimes now it does not light up at all. The other day I turned it on and it worked for like ten minutes then it just cut off now nothing. I changed the resistor and I changed the climate control module in the dash. Same problem fan speed knob doesn't work the re-circulation button lights up but not the AC button does not. I switched the relay with the horn to check the relay that was not it. I am at my wit's end trying to figure out what is causing this not to work. If anybody could help me I would appreciate it. I am trying to avoid the high cost of going to Toyota. Also, my friend checked the blower motor and it started running. Thanks
Jul 29, 2018 at 9:46 AM
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Good afternoon.

I would suspect the blower resistor as the seconday failure and the blower motor as the primary failure.

Too much current flow will damage and fail the blower resistor.

Roy

Jul 29, 2018 at 12:44 PM
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LALEE2014
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So I am clear, even though when my friend tested the blower motor by hooking up tester to battery and touching wires on blower motor, and it spun, it could still be a bad blower motor? ( Sorry, I do not know the proper name for the tester) And what causes too much current flow? Thank you.
Jul 30, 2018 at 5:30 AM
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Yes, it could work that way but the motor may be drawing more current than the resistor can handle to make it operate. it can still work but be bad. you could replace the resistor and it may fail again in a very short period of time.

Roy
Jul 30, 2018 at 6:36 AM
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LALEE2014
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Okay, so should my next step be to change blower motor? What causes too much current flow? Are there certain fuses that I should check?
Thank you, I appreciate these answers.
Jul 31, 2018 at 5:55 AM
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First, I would verify your fuses are good and there is power to the blower resistor.

If all that is good, then I would replace the blower motor and the resistor as an assembly.

The blower motor itself causes the high draw in the system.

Roy
Jul 31, 2018 at 7:04 AM