Blower Motor: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

Blower Motor Remove/Install:

2. Disconnect the blower motor cooling tube from the nipple on the blower motor housing.
3. Disengage the blower motor wire harness from the wire harness retainer.
4. Unplug the blower motor wire harness connector from the heater-A/C housing wire harness.
5. Remove the three screws that secure the blower motor and wheel assembly to the heater-A/C housing.

Blower Motor Wheel:

6. Lower the blower motor and wheel from the heater-A/C housing.
7. Remove the blower wheel retainer clip.
8. Remove the blower wheel from the blower motor shaft

INSTALLATION
1. Press the blower wheel hub onto the blower motor shaft. Be sure the flat on the shaft is indexed with the flat inside the hub.
2. Install the blower wheel retainer clip. The ears of the retainer clip must be over the flat surface on the blower motor shaft.

Blower Motor Seal:

3. Be certain that the blower motor seal is installed on the blower motor housing.
4. Install the blower motor in the heater-A/C housing with three mounting screws. tighten the mounting screws to 2.2 N.m (20 in. lbs.).
5. Plug the blower motor wire harness connector into the heater-A/C housing wire harness.
6. Install the blower motor wire harness into the wire harness retainer.
7. Connect the blower motor cooling tube to the nipple on the blower motor housing.
8. Connect the battery negative cable.