2003 Chrysler Town and Country Van Blower Speed Constant

2003 Chrysler Town and Country Van came in with the complaint of the blower operates on high speed with key on and cannot be adjusted down. This procedure will also apply to Dodge Caravans with auto a/c. The controls and indicators seemed to work normally. I checked the wiring diagram and component locator and found … Continue reading “2003 Chrysler Town and Country Van Blower Speed Constant”

1989 Dodge Dakota Blower Inop

1989 Dodge Dakota with a complaint of no blower operation. I have had lots of experience with these and went straight to the problem. Luckily this year model has the blower resistor in a convenient location. Sometimes they are inside the dash or under the washer reservoir at the cowl area on various Chrysler, Dodge … Continue reading “1989 Dodge Dakota Blower Inop”

1998 Ford Expedition, No Air From Vents, Air Only Flows From Defrost

After looking at diagrams I found that this Expedition uses vacuum controls to change door positions. I started looking for vacuum line problems under the hood and found the problem behind the battery. You can see the damaged section of the small plastic vacuum line, just slightly lower than center of the following picture. It … Continue reading “1998 Ford Expedition, No Air From Vents, Air Only Flows From Defrost”

1998 Toyota Avalon A/C Inop

The blower, most of the push buttons and the outside temperature display were inop. Checked basic fuses and all were okay. I did some research and found that there is a problem with the outside air / recirculation motors failing and shutting down the control assembly. The motor is located behind the glove box. Before … Continue reading “1998 Toyota Avalon A/C Inop”

1999 Mercedes SLK230 Blower Inop

Vehicle came in with complaint of no blower operation. Removed hush panel on passenger side below the glove box. Located harness connector for blower motor power regulator. Disconnected harness connector. Checked for battery positive on the Red wire, battery negative on the Brown wire and variable positive voltage on the White wire as controlled by … Continue reading “1999 Mercedes SLK230 Blower Inop”

2001 Ford Windstar Odometer, Cruise Control and Rear Blower Inop

Vehicle came in with customer complaint of rear a/c inop and the odometer / message center only has dashes displayed. This vehicle was a 2001 Ford Windstar but this repair applies to several years of Windstars. Having seen this problem before I checked to see if any fuses were blown and fuse number 10 was … Continue reading “2001 Ford Windstar Odometer, Cruise Control and Rear Blower Inop”

2000 Cadillac Deville Erratic Compressor Operation

Cadillac Deville was sent to shop from another facility with complaint of a/c cycles off and will not come back on for several minutes and vent temperature goes warm. Checked codes and none were stored in the ECM, DIM or IPM. All data looked good and then the compressor cycled off after running at 2000 … Continue reading “2000 Cadillac Deville Erratic Compressor Operation”

1999 Buick LeSabre, A/C Controls Blinks, Ticking Under Dash

This car came in with the complaint of the a/c control head was blinking and there was a ticking sound under the dash. Also the customer stated that the headlights go out when this happens. Luckily the symptoms were present along with others. The oil gauge would jump with the ticking sound and I noted … Continue reading “1999 Buick LeSabre, A/C Controls Blinks, Ticking Under Dash”

2001 Ford Ranger, Fuse #2 Blows

2001 Ford Ranger with automatic transmission came in with fuse #2 in the interior fuse block blowing for the customer daily. Customers main complaint was that the a/c would stop blowing when the fuse would blow. Inserted fused jumper wire that uses ATO/ATC fuses. Cheaper fuses to blow and can access wiring to do amp … Continue reading “2001 Ford Ranger, Fuse #2 Blows”