tbkester

Thanks so much for your help on this frustrating item. I looked again and can find nothing. Yesterday, after several infuriating days of trying to locate this, I did a work around. I used a fuse clip to add a male spade connector to a switched hot lead in the fuse box, ( I used the hot side of the radio circuit.) I ran a wire from that new connector through a new 15A fuse. I went from that new fuse to what is supposed to be the hot wire at the blower. Now when the key is turned on I have power to the blower and it works perfectly. Since the speed selector switch is on the ground leg of the circuit, that also works perfectly. As far as I can tell the only functionality that I have lost is the blower does not turn off when you select "OFF" on the climate control panel. But that is a small price to pay to move on from this turkey! Thanks again! Tim

Umm.......? I am still lost. My manual does not have any information on any relays. It shows fuses only, both under the dash and under the hood. It shows the relays in the main fuse box under the hood, but only as blank spots in the fuse box, it doesn't even identify them as relays, it ignores relays completely, that is why I came here for help. Thanks for the information, but it doesn't seem to jive with my subaru. After reading your posts I located three relays on the left kick panel above the fuse box. If I stand on my head with my back contorted in a midievel torture position, around the drivers seat and half out the door, I can shine a pen light on the relays. They are all black and arranged horizontally. The one on the far right is labelled "main fan"on the board. The one in the middle is behind the little courtesy light that shines on the fuse box, and the one on the far left is behind a large clump of wiring harness. I can just make out "illumi" on the board near one of them. I pulled all three relays and checked continuity across the contact points as I applied power to the coils, and all three relays function perfectly. I installed a jumper across the contacts on the board for the "main fan" relay, to simulate a closed relay, and it brings on the two fans at the radiator, but not the blower fan under the dash. I have checked all fuses, and they are all good. Although I am not sure which fuse actually serves the blower fan. In the fuse box under the dash there is a 20A fuse marked "main fan" and two seperate 15A fuses marked "heater". But I checked them, and "ALL" the other fuses, under the dash and under the hood, and they are all good. Is the blower relay hidden somewhere else?

I have torn the dash apart on my 1991 subaru lagacy 4 door sedan. I have established that my blower motor will run by connecting power to it directly, so my problem must be the blower relay. I have purchased a blower relay from my local dealer, but he cannot tell me where the relay is actually located. Would someone please tell me where this pricey little bugger hides?