Q: The front blower motor stopped working for a bit but now works again. Now therer is a smell of burnt wires in the cab. What should

asked by on November 01, 2017

Front blower motor stopped blowing for a couple of weeks. It started working but intermittently but now have a burnt wire smell coming from the vents. Strongest smell was coming from the rear with the rear defrost going. Let the vehicle run for an hour this past weekend and had a small smell but couldn't tell where it was coming from. Any ideas?

My car has 135014 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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