Ok, this car has me at wit's end. Here's what it used to do: When you would push the defrost or A/C button on the environmental control panel it used to blow the fuse for the instrument cluster, bcm, radio, etc. I disconnected the plug from the blower motor to see if the blower motor was popping the fuse when it turned on. After disconnecting the plug from the blower the fuse wouldn't blow anymore. Ok, figured it was the blower motor. Decided to test to see if I was getting power at the plug end of the blower motor. So I connected my volt meter and pressed the AC, Fan and heater controls to turn it on. I saw no change in voltage at the plug. Now I reconnected the blower and the fuse doesn't blow anymore. OK, what is going on here. My Haynes is useless, it just talks about replacing the blower motor, but if I'm not getting any power to the motor's plug, changing the motor is useless.

So my questions are:

1. Has anyone else experienced this and how did they fix it?

2. Is there a computer module like the body control module that controls this and could that be the culprit?

3.Why did this have to happen in winter in Washington?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.

Sincerely,

John