97' aspire heater fan issues

[Damkid]

In my aspire, it has happened twice now where my heater fan will not turn on, this really sucks in the cold, on my way up north yesterday the fan quit working and this morning when i went out to move the car, the fan was working fine, so i'm sure it's either a loose conection or maybe the fan relay is acting up, if it has a relay

my question is will my aspire have a fan relay and if so, where?

[doylerl]

From the research I have done, it has a resistor, not a relay. I hope this helps.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Aspire-Blower-Motor-Resistor-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem53e5622214QQitemZ360330699284QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

[Damkid]

I mentioned the resistor idea to my dad (he's an electrician) and figures if the resistor is bad, then the fan would not work at all, so now i'm thinking the fan switch on the heater controls

[Biff]

Could be the brushes in the motor are just plum worn out,not making contact with the commutator on the armature.
I agree that all the points across the resistor that power is pulled off would have to be broken, not likely that has happened.
Check for power at the plug into the motor?

[lessersivad]

Just went thru this with my '93. I don't know how the Aspire is set up but I just gave the blower motor a "thump" and it started working again.

Played that game for a couple of days and finally changed the motor. No problems have come up since the new motor was installed. It also pushes quite a bit more air.

Hope this helps.