All right! I am glad I found you! This is because I need to pay this forward! I have a 2005 pacifica and my blower motor started failing intermittently. It would work for a while and then quit. Then it would quit for long periods of time and randomly start working again. This nearly killed us in the rain a couple of times because no blower motor equals no defroster, equals we had to keep wiping the windshield to see. I am a teacher and couldn't afford this repair right away. I was told it was a resistor, fuse...blah blah blah.
In my case the problem was the blower motor itself. I learned this after cutting the power wires directly to the blower motor and applying 12 V DC to it. No movement. The bushings, or brushes or something had gotten dirty over time and stopped working.
This is about a 2 hour fix. You can take out the glovebox of your pacifica by opening it (taking the stuff out of course) and then squeezing in the sides. The blower motor should be easy to access at this point. If I recall you will need a hex screwdriver set, or small socket set. There were some places that were small enough that you need to use a screwdriver to put the hex bits in to remove the screws.
Some advice.
A new blower motor from the dealer: $160
A new blower motor from auto parts chain $100
A used blower motor from a local junkyard $25
My grandpa taught me that all cars run on used parts. Finally, here is a step by step of the removal and installation process:
http://tinyurl.com/2005PacificaBlower
To make sure that it is the blower motor, you will want to disconnect the battery cables, and cut the power wires (you can easily splice them back together later). Apply 12 V DC and if the fan doesn't spin, you know that this is your problem for sure.
Also, when you do this, replace your cabin air filter. This is what recirculates the air in the car and somehow the cover plate got kicked off of mine and it had dirt and even leaves in it! I suspect that this was the thing that killed my blower motor. I want to say they were like 8 to 10 bucks at the auto parts place.
Good luck and enjoy the cold A/C that has been trapped in your car!
Andy
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