Blower Motor Only Works on High: Ford Fiesta Heating & Air Conditioning

Problem overview

The 2011-2013 Ford Fiesta with manual temperature and fan controls may have problems with the the blower motor only blowing air on certain settings. Most commonly the fan will only run on the highest setting. This is a well documented problem, and is caused by a failing blower motor resistor.

Correcting the problem is straight forward, and requires replacement of the small resistor. The resistor is normally found behind the glove box, next to the blower motor.

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Ford Fiesta vehicles with this problem

3 model years affected

Average mileage: 93,070 miles

(70,000 - 116,140)

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Blower Motor Resistor Replacement

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Blower Motor Only Works on High on Ford Fiesta

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