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Weak air coming through vents - Blower Motor issue?


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I have a 2011 SE 2.5L with the manual A/C controls, none of that fancy auto a/c stuff.  My issue is that to me it seems the air coming out of the vents is rather anemic, I have to set it to its highest setting of 4 on the dial to get any air to come across. If I set it to 1 you can feel air coming out of the vents but very slowly. So essentially I'm running the A/C at its highest fan setting all the time. A/C blows cold so what would should I start diagnosing without having to pull the dash?

 

It seems that removing the glovebox I have access to the whole blower motor and it seems simple enough to take out, I'm thinking of just pulling it out and checking to see if it isn't dirty or anything like that. Can you access the evaporator this way to clean out the airbox facing side? And any steps on diagnosing the blower motor resistor? I'll be pulling it out and checking the connector and pigtail since it seems on my model the blower motor speed depends on this resistor. Thanks for any help.

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The 2006-2012 Fusions have an issue where the blower motor resistor or controller fries one of the connections on the connector that plugs into it. It usually results in the fan going completely dead, but there could be other issues with the non-auto setup.

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Yeah it goes to the correct vents. I'll check the blend door actuators as well but like I said the airflow is very weak regardless of what fan setting I have on. I'll be pulling the blower motor and giving everything a thorough cleaning but it just seems an odd issue to have. 

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On 8/15/2019 at 7:40 AM, bangster said:

The cabin filter has been changed right?

I have a 2012 ford fusion sel with auto and manual options and I have heat coming out of the vents but it very weak and I dont hear the fans at all wen it's on high could it be carbon air filter resistor or fuse or blower motor issue I need to know cuz I have a baby on the way in November and if it is blower motor it easy to replace

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21 hours ago, Fordfusion28 said:

I have a 2012 ford fusion sel with auto and manual options and I have heat coming out of the vents but it very weak and I dont hear the fans at all wen it's on high could it be carbon air filter resistor or fuse or blower motor issue I need to know cuz I have a baby on the way in November and if it is blower motor it easy to replace

It can be a fault with the HVAC control module, the "resistor", or the blower motor. To find the cause you will need to take some voltage readings. Do you have a digital multimeter?

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