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Old Jul 22, 2021 | 09:30 PM
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On a 1996 XJ, the blower motor switch seems to be kaput. 30 amp fuse is good, resistor is good, motor is good. Motor doesn't engage from switch command. Is there anything else I may be missing?

Can a new switch be had without purchasing the entire CC assembly?

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Old Jul 23, 2021 | 08:07 AM
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Anything else not working? Like turn signals and radio?
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Old Jul 23, 2021 | 03:10 PM
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Anything else not working? Like turn signals and radio?
All other electrics are good, although I suppose the problem could also be the selector that turns off power to the blower motor speed switch - or are they integrated into one?
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Old Jul 23, 2021 | 05:07 PM
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Got a voltmeter? Start be seeing if you have voltage power to the blower motor (probably easier to get to), and then if you have power at the switch.
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Old Jul 23, 2021 | 11:25 PM
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It was in fact the blower motor speed switch. It was so funky that a small part of the pigtail - the plastic - had corroded. I hear tell that this is reason that starting in 1997 they included a separate relay. The weirdness of these Jeeps never ceases to amaze me.
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