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The heater stopped for the most part last night....It will only work on high. When you put it on low, or the 2 dots in between it won't blow any air out, except for when it's on high. I tried switching it to the a/c and it's the same way. What do you think? Is it a bad fuse or something else? Any ideas? Thanks!!

Its the heater blower resister (I think thats what it is called) theres a few topics on this you could search for. I had this problem, here is the thread that I posted in that has alot of information... Good luck... -Nick

http://www.contour.org/cgi-ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=004476

If your ABS light comes on, you'll definitely know what it is: #3 Yellow 60 amp fuse, that SHOULD be an 80 amp fuse. I had that problem about two weeks after I bought my car; the heater blower stopped and the ABS light kicked on. Apparently, the dealer's fix was to replace the 60 amp fuse with a black 80 amp fuse (which, if you're controlling the ABS AND the blower, don't you think you'd need a higher amp fuse???). Anyways, just something to watch out for. :p

Probably the fan switch - recall out on many of them. Some (like mine did) melt internally. Costs about 12 bucks and is easy to install. You will nose when the resistor block (separate from the switch) goes. The fan switch will cause the whole HVAC system to act up. I didn't want my cars to sit at the dealer all week waiting for the recall work while I drove a $25 a day rental car.

sounds like the switch

have the dealer run your VIN# to see if you qualify for the recall on the heater blower switch. Both of my cars had to have the switch replaced becaues it melted internally. Same exact symtom: wouldn't work on 2 out of the 4 switch possitions.

there is a recall on this I have had mine fixed four times for free and I think they fixed this time. I had the same problems as you. I have a 96 v6 contour.