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Replaced the front blower resistor twice,

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Old May 10th, 2010, 8:03 PM
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Default Replaced the front blower resistor twice,

figured i had a fan drawing too many amps, replaced that along with a new resistor...

1 week later, blew the resistor again....

Thats 3.

Any suggestions? Hate to take it to the dealer and get hosed, but this is getting tiresome.
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Welcome to the forum. What year and model?

Not sure how you can draw enuf current to burn out the resistor w/o blowing the fuse. Are you sure they gave you the correct resistor? Does the fan come on before the resistor blows?
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Default 2003 Suburban 1500 4wd front and back a/c control

Initially the OEM res blew (after 7 years!). Replaced it with aftermarket, worked fine for about 3 weeks then stopped (no speed worked). Replaced the res again and it worked for about 2 weeks then stopped (no speed worked). Decided my blower fan might be drawing too many amps so replaced that and new res. Worked fine for about a week, now all I have is high speed (5). There were 2 types of res blocks, mine is the 4 hole which they gave me. The other hole layout does not mate up.

I'm thinking I've got a bad connector or harness or switch. Not sure I can troubleshoot that or even replace it myself if bad.
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I think you should always have hi spd as that is direct 12V to fan. Might try getting on from the dealer parts dept and/or ask a tech if they have seen this type of behavior before.
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