# Intermittent heater blower motor **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** explorer, ford\ **Created:** [February 2, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-blower-motor/99392 "2017-02-02T20:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@scj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/scj)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-blower-motor/99392/1 "2017-02-02T20:41:56Z")
2000 Ford Explorer. Blower motor is working intermittently. The fuse is fine. So I worked on taking it out by loosening some screws. I stopped due to time as I had to remover a couple of other things to creat enough room to pull it out. So I put it back together. Went to start the car and the heater was blowing just fine. So I figured I jiggled the right wire or something. It sat overnight and in the morning was back to not blowing again. Any suggestions? Thanks. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-blower-motor/99392/2 "2017-02-02T20:45:26Z")
The next time the blower motor stops working, take the handle of a screwdriver and rap on the blower motor. If the blower motor works, replace the blower motor. Tester ---
**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-blower-motor/99392/3 "2017-02-02T21:56:51Z")
Also you could try swapping the blower relay. ---
**Author:** ![scj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@scj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/scj)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-blower-motor/99392/4 "2017-02-02T22:18:12Z")
Maybe that’s what I meant by checking the fuse. I swapped it with the starter relay and it didn’t make a difference and the car still started. ---
**Author:** ![scj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@scj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/scj)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-blower-motor/99392/5 "2017-02-02T22:19:33Z")
This worked. I started the car, turned on the fan to about halfway and it wasn’t blowing. I hit it and it came on. So I’ll go get a new one. Thanks!