Thanks for the suggestions fellas.

Upon further inspection, I have found NO leaks or dragging belts, pulleys, pads etc.

I DID notice that the middle 3(?) fan speeds all blow at the same rate. Only the low & high settings differ.

I suppose my blower resistor and/or switch may indeed be on its way out and I'm just smelling its slow, painful death....

Does anyone know FOR CERTAIN if there is a time limit on the related campaigns/recalls/TSBs? ...or will I just have to shell out the 20 bucks & buy the part for a DIY?

-Chuck Dienzo Black 98.5 E1 SVT #5022 of 6535 Born on March 16, 1998 "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."