Where is the front Blower Motor and blower motor resistor board located on a 2000 Mercury Villager?

Answer 1

Open the glove box door and remove the glove box. You should now be able to look directly at the motor and the resistor.

>In 1999, they changed from the coil type resister to a printed circuit board. The coil type is about 2 1/5" long by 1 1/2" wide with kid of a square 4 wire connector.

> The 2000 printed circuit type is about 4" long by 1/2" wide with a 4 wire connector with all the wires in one row. It's right up against the fire wall and partially hidden by the carpet. It's there, you just have to look. The tube you see is a cooler tube for the blower motor. It takes air out of the plenum case and directs it though the tube and into the motor housing.

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> By the way, if the resister has the internal fuse burned, you probably have a blower motor starting to fail and it's drawing too much current at times. It will get worse.

> You need a blower motor from a 99-02 Villager/Quest.

>In doing some research on my own problem, which is the same as yours, I came across an answer for both of us. From March 2006 there was an answer that said that the control module was bad. He said that this used to be called a resistor pack. It's located behind the glove box. He said you open the glove box compartment and make it swing all the way down by squeezing in on the sides. You'll see the module attached to plenum with two plugs connected. Unscrew the two screws to get the module out. New part number from dealer is 5179985AA. The original part number has been discontinued. He said (in 2006) that the dealer cost for the module was $56.00 and you can replace it yourself in about 10 minutes.

Blower Motor Control - Manual Control System

The position of the blower motor control knob determines the speed at which the

blower motor (18527) operates. Each position of the blower motor control knob is

detented for positive engagement. The blower motor control works in conjunction

with the blower motor resistor to control the four-speed operation of the blower

motor. The blower motor control switch can be replaced separately from the

manual control assembly.

Blower Motor Control - Electronic Control System

The rotation of the blower motor control determines the speed of the blower

motor. The blower motor control works in conjunction with the A/C blower motor

speed control (19E624) to control the 12-speed operation of the blower motor.

Blower Motor

The blower motor (18527) is mounted within the A/C evaporator/blower motor

assembly, and contains the following:

blower motor and blower motor wheel (18504)

blower motor resistor (with manual control option)

A/C blower motor speed control (19E624) (with electronic control option)

A/C air inlet door (19A813)

A/C air inlet door actuator motor

A/C evaporator core (19860) (if equipped)

Blower Motor Resistor

If you have EATC, Electronic Automatic Temperature Control for your heater/a/c

system, you WON'T have a blower motor resister. Instead, you will have a blower

motor speed controller in that location.

If you have an electronic digital temp control system with a digital display. If so, you have a blower motor speed controller instead of a resister. The controller is a 3" x 3" box with fins on it for cooling. It is located under the dash by the blower motor, just to the left.

It has a white aspirator hose routed over it. 2 screws and one connector. It is fairly expensive so be sure it is the bad part. I have one I salvaged a while ago for a spare just in case someone needed it.

The aspirator hose takes air from the resister location and feeds it to the temp sensor that controls blower speed, etc.

So, your problem could be the motor, the speed controller, the digital control head, the sensor, wiring etc.