Thanks Marcus. Under $40 & I was back in business. I only did the fan unit and resistor & ended up butt-splicing the 2 wires into the fan. Even with that it was a 40 minute job at most. So nice to have all speeds of the fan now. 👍
This is an awesome video. I have an 03 dakota that I have been replacing the resistor at least once every year. I have had to replace the pigtail as well. I will now replace the blower motor, resistor and pigtail. Thank you
Thank you so much for this videl brother. I got an 02 dakota. You saved my ass with this video. I was able to change my resistor and pigtail. Everything s working great . Keep these videos up.
Thank You! Awesome Blower Motor Video! After you told us *Dakota/Durango* Folk that there was no Cabin Air Filter, I'm wondering if I can slip a _"circular kitchen window mesh screen"_ up into the *round* *chamber* *area* where you installed your Blower Motor? A "younger me" could even 3D Print a thicker screen (to help give rats, mice, & super huge cockroaches a much harder time to chew thru crap). Your Thoughts please?
I don't see why not. My factory motor was gummed up pretty bad with crud so as long as you did it in such a way that it couldn't fall down into the fan and get caught, there's nothing stopping you from adding your own filter of sorts.
The wires that came with it I believe were 12 gauge wires; they were pretty hefty. The wires on the vehicle harness itself are like 14 or 16 gauge, and the pigtail I bought came with both sizes of wires, but I opted for the thicker ones.
I ended up replacing my resistor a couple of times; twice I think before I did the pigtail and motor and haven't had to bother it since, but it seems like a weak setup because I've heard of others have had repeated issues.
Hey great video, I have to do this exact job on 02 Dakota I just bought. Problem I have though is my wires are not plugged into resistor. I was wondering if you knew they order bye coler or someway of indication so is I get the splice wires back in right order. Previous owner just cut wires off old pigtail. Thank you for any advice you can give me. How much did total project cost you ???
Hi Marcus. I was just wondering what you had to remove to gain access to the blower motor. I have a 2000 Dakota and a 2004 Dakota and on my two trucks, I have a bunch of venting and other stuff in the way. My blower motor is not in the open like yours. I also had two different repair shops quote me 6 hours Labour to change out the motor. They claim that half of the dash has to come out to do the job.
I didn't have to remove anything. If you get down in the passenger side floorboard, it just screws up into place behind the dash right at the end next to the kick panel. You'll see the wiring plug for it there and may have to cut a zip tie to get that loose and unplug it, then there's just a couple of screws you remove and the old blower motor will just drop out. You slide the new one up, put those 3-4 screws back and plug the new one in and you're good to go. No removal of the dash was necessary on my truck.
Just did this and got a night and day difference. Looks like my motor just went bad recently. Do you happen to have lower airflow coming from the outside vents? I have good airflow from the center fans, but the outside most fans don't seem to blow very good.
If you're not getting air through certain vents, that could be your blend door actuator. It's a pain in the ass to get to, but if you're a gymnast I can be replaced without removing the dash. Basically get down in the driver's floorboard, flip upside down and look up. You can see the blend door actuator and it has a couple of different components attached. First, there's a wheel with two slots on it, one on each side. There's a long arm that comes down from up above and rides in one slot, and another little peg coming out of the box that rides in the other slot. As you change your vent preference, the actuator will rotate that wheel which pushes those arms/pegs into different positions, opening or closing vents. On mine, one of the little screw standoffs that the motor attaches to had broken loose so that it was free moving. If you're having issues getting air from certain vents, you may have a similar issue.
Thanks Marcus. Under $40 & I was back in business. I only did the fan unit and resistor & ended up butt-splicing the 2 wires into the fan. Even with that it was a 40 minute job at most. So nice to have all speeds of the fan now. 👍
Great vid, great job all around, I have a 2003 Dak ext cab, this is my next project! Thanks man!
me too, just did the 01 Civic, now for the 03 Dakota :). RUclips is awesome!
This is an awesome video. I have an 03 dakota that I have been replacing the resistor at least once every year. I have had to replace the pigtail as well. I will now replace the blower motor, resistor and pigtail. Thank you
Thank you so much for this videl brother. I got an 02 dakota. You saved my ass with this video. I was able to change my resistor and pigtail. Everything s working great . Keep these videos up.
Replaced resistor and pig tail twice, about to do it a third time. I may go with the motor replacement next
thank you. my moter goes up and down, when in a turn , bad bruchs I think
This failing so often on so many dakotas should be a free recall repair from dodge.
Thank You! Awesome Blower Motor Video! After you told us *Dakota/Durango* Folk that there was no Cabin Air Filter, I'm wondering if I can slip a _"circular kitchen window mesh screen"_ up into the *round* *chamber* *area* where you installed your Blower Motor? A "younger me" could even 3D Print a thicker screen (to help give rats, mice, & super huge cockroaches a much harder time to chew thru crap). Your Thoughts please?
I don't see why not. My factory motor was gummed up pretty bad with crud so as long as you did it in such a way that it couldn't fall down into the fan and get caught, there's nothing stopping you from adding your own filter of sorts.
Thank you for your service. This vid saved me
AWESOME tutorial!!!! Very thorough!!
Glad it was helpful!
Have an 04, same issue. Hope it's similar r/r. Will change what you suggest. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!!
Thanks for the info !!
My climate control board on my grandmothers 2002 dodge dakota isn’t working. i’ve replaced the blower motor and the resistor. any thoughts?
why wouldn't you replace both of the But Connectors
I just didn't like the idea of cutting those wires shorter and shorter every time.
Hey Marcus thanks for the great video it has helped a lot! What gauge butt connectors do you use for the pigtail wires?
The wires that came with it I believe were 12 gauge wires; they were pretty hefty. The wires on the vehicle harness itself are like 14 or 16 gauge, and the pigtail I bought came with both sizes of wires, but I opted for the thicker ones.
Are you still having issues with the resistor melting or did the motor replacement solve your issue?
I ended up replacing my resistor a couple of times; twice I think before I did the pigtail and motor and haven't had to bother it since, but it seems like a weak setup because I've heard of others have had repeated issues.
Very helpful. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Hey great video, I have to do this exact job on 02 Dakota I just bought. Problem I have though is my wires are not plugged into resistor. I was wondering if you knew they order bye coler or someway of indication so is I get the splice wires back in right order. Previous owner just cut wires off old pigtail. Thank you for any advice you can give me. How much did total project cost you ???
It wasn't much, I don't recall exactly. I'll go out tomorrow and try to take a picture of the wiring order and comment back here again.
Hi Marcus. I was just wondering what you had to remove to gain access to the blower motor. I have a 2000 Dakota and a 2004 Dakota and on my two trucks, I have a bunch of venting and other stuff in the way. My blower motor is not in the open like yours. I also had two different repair shops quote me 6 hours Labour to change out the motor. They claim that half of the dash has to come out to do the job.
I didn't have to remove anything. If you get down in the passenger side floorboard, it just screws up into place behind the dash right at the end next to the kick panel. You'll see the wiring plug for it there and may have to cut a zip tie to get that loose and unplug it, then there's just a couple of screws you remove and the old blower motor will just drop out. You slide the new one up, put those 3-4 screws back and plug the new one in and you're good to go. No removal of the dash was necessary on my truck.
Just did this and got a night and day difference. Looks like my motor just went bad recently.
Do you happen to have lower airflow coming from the outside vents? I have good airflow from the center fans, but the outside most fans don't seem to blow very good.
If you're not getting air through certain vents, that could be your blend door actuator. It's a pain in the ass to get to, but if you're a gymnast I can be replaced without removing the dash. Basically get down in the driver's floorboard, flip upside down and look up. You can see the blend door actuator and it has a couple of different components attached. First, there's a wheel with two slots on it, one on each side. There's a long arm that comes down from up above and rides in one slot, and another little peg coming out of the box that rides in the other slot. As you change your vent preference, the actuator will rotate that wheel which pushes those arms/pegs into different positions, opening or closing vents. On mine, one of the little screw standoffs that the motor attaches to had broken loose so that it was free moving. If you're having issues getting air from certain vents, you may have a similar issue.