4 years later, and this video is still saving lives. Thank you for the details.Save me a ton of money

If anyone is still referencing this video, I have some additions. First, thank you Jaw for posting it in the first place. It helped me out huge. As for the additions, there are 2 10mm nuts that will drop the air bag assembly on the driver side. This will give you much better access to the stupid locking clip holding the motor from rotating. It will also give you better access to turn the motor to get it out.

Been wrenching my whole life, and professionally for 19 years, this was probably in top 5 of most aggravating jobs ive done. Wish I would have seen video before I did this job. Took me 4hr and extended warranty only pays "book time" of 2.4hr. Ford manual says installation of screws may require use of mirror and a magnetic socket. Never have I ever seen magnetic torx sockets. Manual also never says to remove glove box, which was a HUGE help. The screws on the air inlet I loosened to hanging on by a hair and picked out with magnet. Putting them back in I put tape on them and jammed into bit, and still felt lucky they went back in without falling out of the bit. The lower one closest to firewall I used bore scope to see. I wouldnt do this job again for less than 6hr labor.

No wonder foreign vehicles became really popular over the past couple of decades. My girlfriend's dad convinced her to get a 2014 Ford Escape because he's always loved Ford but he's never owned one later than a 2002. These vehicles are a pain in the ass to fix nearly anything. Thank you for making this video!

I have been a mechanic for over ten years this is the hardest blower motor I've ever replaced.

Thanks for this video, it’s a very similar process on a Transit Connect Van, which thankfully doesn’t have that gold bracket with the hidden screw. I used a borescope to see the T20 recirc cage screws by the firewall, worked great. I also needed a ball-end T20 to get the top screw; of the four different length T20 options I had, none of them could get a straight shot at it. I magnetized my ball end T20 and it was enough to get the screws out/in without dropping them. I also used a hook pick to turn and disengage the fan from the driver’s side (pull on fan rib, push clip up, pull on rib again). I used a long flat screwdriver to rotate and lock the fan in place once it was inserted (working by myself). This is a real PITA job but seeing it done beforehand was priceless. It would have taken me hours longer to figure it all out on my own. Cheers! 🍻

Seriously , thank you for this video. My daughter purchased a 2016 and the blower was shaking the car apart even on low. This video was extremely helpful , the little screws on the blowe are a nightmare to get to, the reverse facing bolt on the gold panel would not come out with bending the panel but that was all in the video. Turns out there was a long dead mouse in the motor just spinning round and round , took it out , cleaned it up and all is good. 2.1/4 hours all in from start to finish

Best video demonstration I found on doing this particular job ! Thank you sirr ! Made it so Much easier for a lot of us

You are the king, you saved my day. Thanks a lot. The best video.

Everything about these cars is so hard to fix- even changing the battery is a pain.

Thanks for the video. Going to go change mine outside in the canadian winter!

ugh...i have this squealing issue with my blower now...........i'm thinking i will supply earplugs to anyone that enters my car rather than tackle this job for now as winter approaches...... thank you for bustin your ass for all of us that are faced with this insanity.

Awesome video. Thanks. Just changed mine. Took 3 hours but I got it. Struggled with getting the old blower to turn. Ended up using two screwdrivers from the drivers side. One to push the clip in one to push on the electrical connector to get it to turn. Turned too easy. Just need to be a contortionist to do it. Thanks again.

thanks for the video I have a ford focus 2013 before I pull that blower how can I test the motor if its bad? this is same way to pull it out for my car by the looks of it.

Helped out hella, but bro you didn't disconnect the battery before taking out the BCM??

Ty for the video it was of great help

Is there a way to spray some DW-40 to stop squicks Rediclus to remove entire blower

Thanks for the video very helpful. The part where you bent the bracket to get in behind . Its better to remove the 2 large headed 25 or 27 i forget torx screws. . The main bracket will drop off then its easy to get to the one one the backside. I also pulled my battery cable off as i was disconecting the bcm. And airbag actuator ( round silver metal piece on the underside of dash held on with 4 nuts. ) wich i removed for better access to the bracket but may not have been neccesary. Thank god for my inspection cam those screws were hard to find by feel.

This was a Royal B. I have done entire drive trains that were not as difficult. My hat is off to anyone who pull this off I’m now putting it back together what a son of a B. Wish you would have done a video on putting the blower in that clips is a pain

This looks insane!

I managed to do this job yesterday after a lot of patience and study. I have a Ford Grand C-Max from 2012.

Does anyone know what type of fastener is hidden up behind the gold bracket that got bent out of the way in this video?

This is a good video Thank you

what do you do if the light stays on inside your car reading Brake lamp fault bulb

I'm about to do this job any tips or specific tools I need or how much would you charge me to just do it lolol

Wow what a design

Omg. This video was the best I could find for removing the blower motor. However I'm stuck at removing the screws in the air ( inlet cage thing.) I have 2 of the 3 out. I've tried everything I can think of. How did you get the screw closet to the fire wall out?

Video huge help. Disconnect the power. You can access the bolt on the bracket behind the glove box with a stubby ratchet wrench. Mark the blower fan on the new assembly and lock it up with a screwdriver. The motor only locks in 1 way and it is a pain to line up if not marked. Could be a 15 minute job if it were designed to come out the driver's side. DUH.

Holy crap thats a lot of work for the blower motor. I was going to help replace my friends 2014 escapes blower motor, but uhh... think I'll save us the headache and have a local shop do it. At least i can get the blower motor from rockauto for pretty cheap.

Anybody have some advice on if this is my issue? Having trouble finding necessary info. AC works, blows for two minutes tops, then fades out and stops blowing completely. I can also hear a slight thud in the dash once it dies. Any tips? Any advice would be awesome

this was a great help, thank you

If you're going to attempt this PLEASE DISCONNECT THE BATTERY before doing this job. Messing with BCM and air bag module are big no-no's when there is power running through the vehicle. You could get lucky, but you could also get very unlucky and short something out, have an airbag go off, etc. Better safe than sorry!

About ready to tackle this pain in the ass job. Of course mine quit working completely in a traffic jam on a 95 degree day 😒. Just hope this is pretty close, as mine is a 2013. Great video by the way. I know how cramped it is but you did a great job recording while working 💪

How did you get the retaining clip in so I can release the blower. Do I push the clip in towards center of blower or pull it open away from the center of the blower

Had the whole dash out in less than 4 hours to replace the heater core and evaporative core. Changing the blower is not that hard. I think people think things are hard because that don't do this work often. Be patient and this whole job is not that hard.

Omg... This was.. By FAR... the WORST JOB I have EVER tackled in my driveway!!! And I've swapped engines, transmissions... Done clutches... You name it.. I DEFINITELY don't think I ld have been able to complete this without this video. WAAAY too many hidden screws! Especially 2 of the 3 that hold the cover on right before you get to the blower motor!! Needless to say.. I had a spare screw from there on reassemble... As well as one or 2 others throughout the entire nightmare I MEAN JOB...

A Focus is 95% the same job, did one yesterday. Hope you never have to change your A/C evaporator or heater core, for comparison this blower job is a vacation

The screws on the top and back to get that cage off the blower I don’t know how the heck you get those back in you literally can’t even put an eye on them

Just tackled this yesterday in a 2015 Escape, what a pain in the a** job.

How did you get the replacement motor back in place ? I keep struggling with that

When you put it all back together, did it solve the problem? Was there anything that had to be reset electronics wise due to having to disconnect so many components?

This is an SOB 3 screws the one behind the brass colored bracket and two around the housing in front of the blower can take 2-3 hours. If you have the $ pay someone!

Any tips on reinserting the hidden screws?

I'm a big guy and getting set to do this, so I'm a little leery...are all the screws in the dash T15? And when you say long reach screwdriver, how long a reach do you need? Would a universal screwdriver with a couple extensions with the Torx bit work?

How much for job like this?

Thank you ✊🏾

Notice he dosent show the part where he has to fight the blend door assembly or trying to put the motor back in.

can you show me the screw please

Did your motor have a squeak to it at certain speeds?

How much should this repair cost? I don't want to get ripped off.

Thank you for posting this video. It was very educational and helpful in my endeavors to fix the blower motor on my 2017 Ford escape.. 1. I successfully removed the old blower motor. 2. I replaced it with a new one. 3. Put the dash all back together. 4.Turned the engine on. 🎉 cold air blowing out the vents. 5. problem - now when I turn, the engine on the speakers will not play the radio or the hands-free assistant. It only has a loud feedback sound coming out of the speakers. This has never happened prior to me taking apart the dashboard so I know I did something wrong, but because I was just following up step-by-step video I don’t know what that wrong thing is can you help me figure it out?

The automotive engineers must have been high designing these vehicles.

Thank you.... freaking engineers are idiots...they do this so that car owners who aren’t able to do the job themselves, have to take the car to the dealership.

I hope FoMoCo goes belly up one day due to this.

Is this similar on a 2017 Ford Escape?

I did this but now my key fob won't work

I did it without the gold bracket removed. I just bent it back.

Where is the resistor located

It’s a torx 20 not 15

This is why i don't own cars further than 2005 or 2010 or so.

My friends kid threw change down the vents now I'm sure the fan is broken... LOL

When I got to the blower their was a dead mouse in the fan

They should fire those ford engineers, their brain still got stuck in the 60s

what a pain in the ass! im trying to track down a mouse that was living in my cabin filter but no way in hell am i disconnecting all those electrical wires.

What a pain

What a pain in the ass. Why couldn’t mine be under the hood 😭

Thank you very much for the detailed video. One of the most stupid designs i have ever seen, same as the range rovers. And the dealer manual pays only 2.5 for the JOB. Ya if you are doing blower motors all day long may be you can get it done in time. Almost no way to test the motor without removing the resistor which is by the way also pain in the rear to remove. Bolted on with a T15. Some times i really wonder if the Engineers wife's is cheating on him with a mechanic.

THEY STOLE THAT DESIGN FROM VOLVO, THEY NEED A SPECIAL TOOL TO GET THE BLOWER TWISTED OUT. I DID IT ONCE WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN. TOOK ME ABOUT 5 HOURS TO DO.

Moral of the story; buy the extended warranty.