Blower Motor (lots of these lately Eh?)

[Pnmerk]

hi i have a 4wd 2000 sportage 109K miles and my blower motor stoped working... well not really today i took it out and shoved some wires straight into the batterie and the blower motor works!!!! next is the resistor right i read somwhere in this forum that if that is bad it will run on high only right?
so whats next the switch? and how do i know for sure?
also i just found the fuse that is shared with rear wiper witch works and just to be safe cheked the heater fuse and the AC compressor fuse.
thanks for the help guys.

[cbane1]

You can get a new blower motor from Uneedapart.com for $50.00. I did and it took me about 5 minutes to put it in.

[Pnmerk]

1. my blower motor works.(tested it by jumping wires straight to the batterie)
2.i dont know how to test resistor.(but blower motor does NOT only run on high.it does not run at all)

my questions are what do i check next (switch maybe?) and how?
and how do i check the resistor? also is there any hidden fuse or something I might be missing.

[kiaracer]

check the fuse box in the driver's kick panel. the resistor is made up of 3 different resistors. speeds 1, 2, and 3 are controlled with the resistor and speed 4 is a direct 12 volts to the motor. if the resistor is bad, only the high setting will work. it's either the switch or the fuse in the driver's kick panel.

[Pnmerk]

thanks kiaracer will doble check the fuses in my kick panel i belive the one for the blower is shared with my rear wipers and they work so i guess that it might be the switch anyone know if theres a wat to test that?
maybe i can jump some of the connections anyone knows how it works or has a diagram?

[PLP]

check conductivity between in and outs. Also, check if you get power delivered to the switch.

[Pnmerk]

thanks i found a blower system trobleshooting guide there it is great at leas 3 things for me to try now and instructions where to check for continuity
thanks to all of you. will post back if i resolve my problem i just needed some direction