How to Replace Blower Motor 2000-07 Toyota Highlander
Created on: 2018-03-14
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a bad or broken blower motor on 01, 20, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 Toyota Highlander.
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step 1 :Removing the Blower Motor
- Snap the wiring harness off of the blower motor
- Disconnect the wiring harness
- Remove the three screws from the blower motor with a T25 Torx or 8mm socket and ratchet
- Pry the blower motor out with a plastic prying tool
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step 2 :Installing the Blower Motor
- Insert the blower motor into place
- Tighten the three screws to the blower motor
- Connect the wiring harness
- Snap the wiring harness into place
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
8mm Socket
Ratchet
Trim Tool Set
T25 Torx Driver
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Going to pull down the wire harness. It's clipped to the blower motor. Just give it a good pull and it will snap off. It's got this little push clip right here, and you can unplug it. Reach in and push the lock in. Pull it out. Put that aside.
There are three screws that hold the blower motor into the HVAC box. There's one in the back here, one here, and one here. They are eight millimeter, or you can use a T25 Torx to remove them. It will fit right in there. I've got an eight millimeter socket extension and ratchet, and just remove them. I'm going to go for this back one, and this one up in here. I'm also going to hold on to the blower motor. It's going to want to come out of the box. Usually these blower motors fall right out. This one seems to be stuck. I'm going to use this plastic prying tool. You can get these from 1AAuto.com. I'll use this big one here and just pry on the edge, pull it down, and there we go it came loose.
We're going to reuse this blower motor because it's working just fine. Put it back up into place. This part is going to match up with this part here. Probably have to slide it past the carpet. Just get it up in there. Push it up into place. There it is. Get one of these screws caught. These are just self-tapping, going into plastic, so you don't have to go crazy tightening them. They'll get tight to stop, and do the same for the other two. And that will tighten up just like that. Plug the wire back in to the connector. Click when it locks into place. We'll just spin this up, and it clips right to the blower motor. Blower motor is replaced.
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