1997outback Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 hi, my 1986 dl wagon recently had the heater motor fail. it was weird. I arrived at my designation and turned off the car. the heater was still blowing. it turns off once the car if off, I had the key out. then I turned the knob to off and it still was blowing. is there a relay I cam check? the fuses are good. what can I check? what do I need to replace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Resistor pack ? It’s in the heater blower unit as I recall. Been a while but I think you can do it without raising the dashboard. Try a search of the archives. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 does seem more like a relay..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NV Zeno Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, 1 Lucky Texan said: does seem more like a relay..... Or possibly the switch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naru2 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Has to be 2 things at once. 1 Either the ignition switch is not really off or the relay is stuck. AND 2 The fan switch is fubared or the wire from the switch to the fan motor is shorted to ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1997outback Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 the air is hot when o am driving. doesn't change power with e switch. where is the relay located? can someone post a picture? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydube Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I have had this happen a number of times on my 1986 GL10. There are about 5 silver 1" diameter x 1 1/2 long gismos that I believe are switches, under the dash board and just left of the steering wheel column. They plug in and pull out. If you take a look at each one by unplugging it, you may find one that overheated and is slightly dis-colored. That's the one that is fried. You can swap it out with another one that is working but obviously, you will want to get a good one so that everything is working. They last a long time, so used ones are Okay to plug in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1997outback Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 it was a switch that fail. took 4 years to figure out so lame. But I have a heater now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 So Awesome that you came back and updated this thread after three years - and admitting you only just fixed the issue! Cheers Bennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1997outback Posted October 9 Author Share Posted October 9 I know. So simple yet some hard. Not very mechanical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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