A/C Fan Speed Control, 1998 Wrangler

[rubicontrail.net 1]

My Wrangler has the A/C control with the knob (for controlling fan speed) and two sliders (for controlling temperature and mode). The fan only works on positions 3 and 4. After 30 minutes or so my face has formed icicles and there are penguins playing in the back seat. I really would prefer that the fan also operated on the 1 and 2 positions.

 

Before I go tearing things apart, is there anything else I should be looking at besides replacing the fan speed knob?

[scottL 185]

Sounds similar to this: http://www3.sympatico.ca/fm.mjb/Resistor.htm

[In-A-Rut 3]

Yep that would be the problem. You can check the resistance. Resistance should go down as speed increases.

[rubicontrail.net 1]

I finally got around to replacing the resistor last week. The old one was a brittle rusty thing lodged full of cobwebs. I put in the new one, and cool... I now have all four fan speeds.