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Old Sep 21, 2017 | 10:47 PM
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New here. 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. For the past few months the blower motor has not been working in the car. It has the manual heat controls. I figured the resistor had gone bad or the blower motor had gone bad. I replaced the resistor, and nothing changed. I replaced the blower motor, and nothing changed. I read on another forum that the ignition switch can be the cause of things like the blower motor not working on speeds 1-5. I replaced the ignition switch this evening hoping to god that it would fix the issue. Still no luck. I am getting real frustrated with this car. I took the multimeter out and tested for voltage on both the HVAC CTRL Fuse and the HVAC HI fuse, and I get 0v on both with the car running. All fuses are good. I am getting 12v all the time to the blower motor regardless of speed on the HVAC Controls, but the motor never runs. I tested it on the bench and it works fine. Is there anything else that I can do before I just get rid of the car?
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Old Sep 21, 2017 | 11:33 PM
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Well, there is no way you can have zero volts at the HVAC CTRL fuse and 12 volts at your blower motor....should not be using a voltmeter anyway, use a test light....

With a test light, check for power at the blower motor connector, on any speed but high...if you have power, then you have a bad ground....
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Well, there is no way you can have zero volts at the HVAC CTRL fuse and 12 volts at your blower motor....should not be using a voltmeter anyway, use a test light....

With a test light, check for power at the blower motor connector, on any speed but high...if you have power, then you have a bad ground....
I'll try that as soon as I can. Might be a couple days. Going out of town. I didn't think of the test light method. I'll try that. I was beyond confused when the multi meter read 12v at the motor plug. I don't know why anything pertaining to the HVAC side of things is not getting any power at all though.
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Old Sep 22, 2017 | 01:01 PM
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Well this is going to make me sound smart, But replacing the motor did solve the problem. Even though the old one worked on the bench when I tested it, it no longer works now. I don't know what happened between then and now, but a new motor solved the issue.
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