2001 Caravan Blower Motor (Specific)

[jeffk14]

A guy wants me to look at his 2001 Dodge Caravan blower motor. I know the resistor is bad, because the motor only runs on high. I'll be changing that. He also wants me to change out the blower motor because it has started to squeal and howl. Specifically, I'm wondering what all is involved. I peeked at the service manual and it says that most 2001 models (they did a mod in LATE 2001 to prevent having to remove the entire HVAC unit) require that the whole HVAC unit be pulled as well as the entire dash. Of course, this involves recovering refrigerant, dumping the antifreeze, etc, etc.

For anyone who has EXPERIENCE, is this absolutely necessary? I'm looking for a work-around. Thanks!

[driver540]

The blower motor should be just in front of glove box with motor facing the floorboard. Should be a few screws and slide it out. May have to remove glove box for easier access, but they arent too bad. The last one i did, it took roughly 30 minutes to an hour to do. Good luck.

[gacyota]

What is the actual bitrhdate of the van. It should say on the door sticker the month and year it was produced. I'm showing the same info you are about the HVAC removal in early models, but the late models are as driver540 described.