Blower motor replacement
- Thread starter Wajeep
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NAPA's premium blower motor is probably fine, Rock Auto has a VDO which should be fine too. I saw something interesting on Rock Auto too, it's a "problem solving" kit which includes the fan motor, wiring, and resistor pack. They're both on https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog...285,heat+&+air+conditioning,blower+motor,6916
P.S. The Mopar p/n for the blower motor is 04864952 if you want to Google it.
P.S. The Mopar p/n for the blower motor is 04864952 if you want to Google it.
The reviews on aftermarket blower motors are not impressive. When I replaced mine last year, I used the Mopar resistor and Napa blower motor. The blower motor was really loud and poorly balanced. I ended up buying a Mopar blower motor a few weeks later, which is quite and moves a lot of air.
As long as Mopar parts are available, that is what I suggest. I’m in MN so I run the heater probably 9 months if the year.
As long as Mopar parts are available, that is what I suggest. I’m in MN so I run the heater probably 9 months if the year.
I'm in FL so I run the a/c probably 9 months out of the year lol.
Yeah, I was thinking about people who use A/C when I wrote that but I personally don’t use it except when I’m driving on dusty roads and it’s extremely hot and need to close all windows and set the system to recirculate to keep dust out.
I don’t like the compressor drag but using the defrost setting has the same effect as using the A/C.
Advance Auto has lifetime replacement on blower motors, which is great because the warranty replacement I picked up less than 10k miles ago has already died 
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If I wasn't going to get another for free and the replacement wasn't so easy I would go with Mopar.
.If I wasn't going to get another for free and the replacement wasn't so easy I would go with Mopar.
Alski
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I purchased both motor and resistor - pretty sure my motor is fine still - should I take the “don’t fix what isn’t broken” approach - or swap it since I’m down there? It is the original on my 05. Are there obvious signs on aging I should look for if deciding to keep the original? Cheers.
As a blower motor ages it'll start to draw more and more amps, eventually melting your AC controls and there's no way to easily tell it's happening. Happened to me. I would recommend replacing.
Alski
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You're welcome. Some creative folks figured out now to wire a relay system to the blower motor to prevent the melted switch, you can find the instructions on Google. With mine, as the blower dies the fan selector switch gets warm, then eventually hot, so I keep an eye out for that and do a warranty exchange for a new one.