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Old Mar 16, 2019 | 01:38 PM
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A/C/ heater blower blows at all 4 settings , but at reduced rates. In other words, high is not as high as it used to be. Bad blower motor?
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A/C/ heater blower blows at all 4 settings , but at reduced rates. In other words, high is not as high as it used to be. Bad blower motor?
Is the recirulation on or off?
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It'* off
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It'* off
Turn it on.
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But barely blows at each speed
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Now it won't blow at all.
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Was this a sudden development, or gradual over time?

If it was gradual, there'* a writeup on how to check and if necessary clean the evap core. They like to plug up with junk because there is no cabin filter
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Does it sound like the fan is running at the speed it should? If you turn it on, then whack it with the handle of a good sized screwdriver driver, does it change anything?
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Do you have a dvom? I can get you the wiring info if you do.
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It has been acting crazy for several months. Would suddenly go from blowing out of the vents on a/c to blowing out of the defroster. Replaced the control panel and checked for kinked vacuum line. Doesn't do that anymore, but started not blowing. I could open and slam the hood and it would start blowing. Today it went from very lightly blowing to not blowing at all and slamming the hood doesn't help. I hate tracking shorts and am not good at it.
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