ipsman

The heater on my focus for the last few months would only work on setting 4 (blower). But now wont work at all. I took to garage assuming needed new resistor only to be told the internal fan needed replacing at cost of £400. As car is 10 years old and since retiring I only do 1000 miles a year I feel its not worth paying for a new fan.
Any suggeations for a cheaper solution would be appreciated
Thanks
Graham

B19 JUB

id try the resistor first but sounds like the motor has packed up aswell

ipsman

thanks for reply
I already suggested resistor problem but garage stated internal fan had ceased

B19 JUB

resistor would make the fan only operate on position 4 but seems now the motor has ceased up aswell.

martysmartie

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It's the resistor pack, reason why it works on 4 is as this has the direct live.

The problem is the pollen filter, people just don't fit these properly and water gets through into the motor itself siezing it and also dosen't help the resistor packs to fail!

For this reason Ford sell the pollen filter seal, which should come hand in hand with replacing the filter!

How do they KNOW it's the motor, as the switches can fail as well?

You can try freeing the motor IF it is siezed, failing that if you work on your car you could do it yourself and just pay for the new motor and resistor pack, £400 seems a little pricy but then it takes a while to remove it I should think!

Martin