Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting 95 Contour Fan blower problem

Here is the diagram I have, hope it helps...


For the full-res picture I scanned, remove the _small from the filename, same address.

'95 may be slightly different, IIRC they have an off position on fan speed switch and only 3 fan speeds.

Also, load side of blower relay should have feed to a/c system circuits, including compressor clutch. Perhaps this is shown on another page. Would be helpful if you could find and also post.

What I've got is for my model year, but I'll scan it anyways, maybe it'll help....



http://pages.infinit.net/loginord/ac.jpg for the full-scale image..

Thanks. Spread out over three pages in Ford manual, a little easier to follow on one. Relevant to several current threads so I've linked to this one.

Like I said in the previous post....you said you have power at the blower motor correct???? so look at the other side of the blower motor where ground comes from....it starts at a ground stud behind the kick panel and goes through the resistor and blower switch to complete the circit. What you could do to confirm this is....the two wires you have going to the blower...one has power like you said and the other should get ground when the switch is turned on...so ground that other wire going to the motor and the motor should work. this would confirm the either the blower switch, resistor, or ground stud is faulty. I suspect either a wire is no good...or you have lost the ground on that stud behind the kick panel.Again I repeat....the blower switch activates the motor by suppling it ground, not power...so check the ground side. Im basing this on your post saying you have power at the blower motor...look only at the bottom section of the drawing for the ground side.You have to have ground at S216 which in your drawing says is behind right center of Instrument panel...that S216 has to have ground or no blower.

Thanks alot guys for all the schematics, helps out alot.
I still can't get the motor to work. I verified there is a ground going to the blower motor. And I also ran another groung to the fan and still no good.

There is 12 volts dc at the plug going to the fan when the switch is in the fan mode. When I change the speed control switch there still is 12v dc there.

When I switch to a/c mode then there is only 4 volts across the plug.

I even tried a new blower fan, still no good.

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hey i own a 96 gl 4 cyl and just to let you know i had a severe problem with a/c my blower switch melted which ran down to my fuse box and started melting that so just beware i took my car to the dealership for the wire harness recall and blower switch and resistor. now i really hate the dealership. just food for thought sounds like my nightmare

What is a shorting bar ????

connector # 1 and # 3
in the 1st schematic above ?

And where is it located ?

There is 12 vdc right at the wires going into the plug.

This is what I don't understand. Test light and volt meter show there is power there. Just the fan doesn't spin.

I take the fan out of the circuit, and apply 12v right from the battery, IT WORKS FINE.

I then hook the volt meter wires inline with the wires going to the fan, it shows 12vdc, then when the motor is hooked up, it shows 0 volts.

Purple/Blue has 12 volts there when the switch is in the fan mode.


Purplr/Blue has 4.0 volts there when the switch is in the A/C mode.

There is continuity between the blue/black wire at the fan
and the neg. post on the battery or the ground post behind the right passenger kick plate cover.

I followed the schematics above and there is 12volts getting to the switch's.

Could something in the a/c be causing this to happen ????