The heater in your 1997 ford contour stopped working how can you tell if it's the heater motor or the fuse you could smell melting plastic when it stopped working?

Answer 1

sounds to me like your blowe moter is shorted out. u can use a test light to check for power at the motor,if you can also pull fuse out of fuse box to check fues BUT the blower motor will notstop heater working if no heat ,it is your heater core