nevTL

On my lunch break right now and I started the car, turned on the AC to medium/high and everything was fine. 30 seconds later it just stopped blowing air out regardless of the setting. Everything lights up and works except that.

Any ideas to what is causing this? All help is greatly appreciated!

hANDYcaptd

iTrader: (5)

Blower motor connector is toast...

Common problem in our cars. Wire going to the blower motor gets hot and melts the terminal. You can get a replacement harness (its like $12 if I remember right).

fsttyms1

Look under the dash on the passenger side and look for the blower motor and see if the connector is burned. If so thats your problem and needs to be replaced.

01tl4tl

sounds like we all need to take the connection apart and install some dielectric grease!!
Prevent corrosion and cuts down temp

Anyone else hop in and put the ac on fresh - fan 5 and off you go?

nevTL

Kris, Tom...no mention of fuses? I assume this is a common problem on the 2nd gen TL's, but shouldn't I check the specific fuses first?

Which ones are they, under hood or drivers side, passenger side?

Thanks for all the help as always.

01tl4tl

no- its usually the electrical connector that runs the fan-gets too hot and melts- wires crisp etc,,but doesnt blow a fuse Doh!
easy to look and see it... you can tell if a wire thing is hanging loose in a charred mess
Kris says look under passenger side of dash, I just know its on the mounting plate for the fan--
check the diy on cabin filter replacement- might be pics of damaged connections in there

totaledTL

There's a service bulletin that addresses it, #06-006. If you need it PM me.

acuraspeed604

iv gotten the new subharness from acura for 20 bucks plugged in the motor didnt work got a new motor plugged that in didnt work now i guess i need a new transistor funny thing is i check the volts the other day it was saying 14. somthing and it had a ground after the subharness

01tl4tl

Guess there is a fuse ! --ooops- try the owner book or look in the fuse box in passenger footrest or door edge area 15 amp most likely

Were you doing other work in there recently?
No power at the connector now?
What was its condition?

01tl4tl

I have heard of transistor failure before on the TL
on the back side of the fan mounting plate iirc

kris- do you remember?
Totaled- can you give us the details of the Tech Bulletin please- thanks

totaledTL

The TSB is outlined here: http://www.2carpros.com/forum/1999-a...-vt177460.html

MurdaZ

iTrader: (1)

why not just hardwire it?

iwantacleantl

im having the same problem wire that plugs into blower is fried ....i unplugged the wires and pulled out the blower motor and was examining it ...found a lot of dust all over the fan blades and after using using a air gun to clean the insides got a huge load of crap out of it ....not tested the motor with battery and motor ran smoothly .......did any body else find a bunch of crap in the blower motor could that be the cause of mine over heating and melting the wires

randomwalk101

can you post some pics of how I would get to it? thx.

01tl4tl

do the cabin air filter diy, and after filter removal you see the blower motor- its held in place by a few screws- take the entire plate and motor out to inspect the back side too

its common to find crud in there- you are supposed to replace the cabin filter every year and vac out the leaves and debris found at that time