# Honda passport intermittent a/c blower operation

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 10, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101 "2008-06-10T02:12:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![a6looper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@a6looper](https://community.cartalk.com/u/a6looper)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101/1 "2008-06-10T02:12:59Z")

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I have a 2001 honda passport with intermittent blower operation. Have ruled out the relay, motor, & switch. No loose wiring or connections were found.I suspect the electronic resistor block. Anyone had this problem before?

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101/2 "2008-06-10T23:01:41Z")

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What do you mean by intermittent? It will be running and suddenly quit or will it only start sometimes when you try to fire it up?

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**Author:** ![a6looper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@a6looper](https://community.cartalk.com/u/a6looper)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101/3 "2008-06-11T01:49:12Z")

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girlfriend gets in, starts the car up, blower doesn’t come on for a couple of minutes, sometimes longer. Won’t do it every time, and hasn’t yet while I’m driving it to find the problem.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101/4 "2008-06-11T11:00:59Z")

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Suggest that next time she try turning it on high. See if that gets it started.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101/5 "2008-06-11T12:58:12Z")

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That sounds like worn brushes in the blower motor. The next time the blower motor doesn’t come on, reach under the dash and tap on the blower motor with the handle of a screwdriver. If the blower starts to function, you’ve conffirmed it’s the blower motor.

Tester

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-passport-intermittent-a-c-blower-operation/15101/6 "2008-06-11T14:46:14Z")

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The relay would be my first suspect but you stated that you ruled that out. I assume it was checked while the trouble was occurring or you swapped it with another. If that is the case then I would check for a loose wire connection. JEM and Tester offer good things to do also to help find the cause.