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William Weaver Posted on Feb 23, 2018
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Where is the blower motor switch located

When i turn on the air conditioner with the motor running it doesn't work,While driving down the road the air conditioner will come on..Sometimes when i turn the vehicle off and then on,The air conditioning won't work When i start driving down the road it will kick on.

  • William Weaver Jun 22, 2012

    Where is the blower motor resister locate and were is the blower motor switch located

  • Anonymous Jul 18, 2012

    Blower motor resistor is in the blower motor housing and is right behind the glove box. The blower motor switch (if it has manual temp controls) should be the round knob on the left of the heater/ac control head.

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On some vehicles the switch is called the blower motor resistor. There is some confusion about whether you are missing fan speed or the A/C chilling the air.

For the chilling part, this is controlled by 2 pressure sensors in the system called a low pressure switch and a high pressure switch. The rpm of the engine can affect when stuff begins to work and when it cuts out. There is a correct amount of Freon needed for every system. The engine rpm contributes to the available amount of pressure in the Freon system. This is why some things are different from start-up to when the car is moving.

You need to do a pressure check for the Freon in the system. This can help indicate if a pressure switch is cutting off cooling power. For the fan speed, it is the blower motor resistor, a troublesome switch that has lagged behind technical improvements.

So you have 2 answers-1 for fan speed and the other about cooling functions. You can fix either separately as half the system can be good and the bad half is stopping all of it from cooling the car. Hope this helps

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  • Posted on Aug 14, 2009

SOURCE: Air conditioning relay switch - 2001 Ford Tauras

there is usually a relay block (black in color) either on the right or left side under the hood, and in front of the wheel well. Don't discount the possibility that you may have a bad pressure switch on the line. That is a safety device that is now installed on most all vehicles. If you turn on your defrost, you should hear the clutch on your AC clicking on and off. If you do, there is another issue. If you don't, then listen for a faint clicking. This is a small relay so it maybe very hard to hear, even if you found it. You many actually have to lightly put a finger on the relay cube to see if you can feel it clicking. If this is clicking, but the AC is not kicking in and out, replace the relay. If this is NOT clicking with the defrost on, then it is not being told that it is ok to. This may be the pressure switch that drops out if the freon is too low, or too high.

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SOURCE: 1996 ford explorer 4.0l air conditioner

I am not sure what you are talking about, but the problem kinda sounds like the blower motor resistor.

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