96 tracker blower speed problem

[Mike1962]

Hi all, I'm having a problem with the blower switch on my 96 tracker, all of a sudden the switch slides to easily back and forth, I can get it to come on once in a while by holding it up or down while sliding it from low to high, I search around and have see some similar but none mention the switch moving from low to hìgh so freely.thanks

[fixkick]

yes they love to do that.
the switch assembly falls apart.
i documented how I fixed mine with tie wraps. (find the lost spring and ball first)
what other cars do is not important, its what yours did,,,, things can break in many ways, (modes) but yours is busted, that be sure.
they also had push button version, (makes buying parts hard)
if lucky only the switch unsnapped from the main carrier.
but mine the plastic melted under hot sun, and warped, so I used tie wraps, to bind it down. and it will never fail again that way.

Hi all, I'm having a problem with the blower switch on my 96 tracker, all of a sudden the switch slides to easily back and forth, I can get it to come on once in a while by holding it up or down while sliding it from low to high, I search around and have see some similar but none mention the switch moving from low to hìgh so freely.thanks

seen here under heater

http://www.fixkick.com/AirCond/heater.html
SMP makes parts for this too. they have a catalog , here. not saying below is a match, unseen yours.

http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?...__GIP__3__


here is GM link
https://www.gmpartsdepartment.com/parts/...ROL%20UNIT
do you own research, above is just and example.


disconinued at suz.
https://www.suzukicarparts.com/parts/199...p=CONTROLS


now my photo of mine, 96, on my heater
page
i and to find all this tiny part the put it back together,



quoting my page
CAMI is Canada plant (shut down), Japan is the Iwata JAPAN plant made. You VIN code tells you which MFG plant the car was made.
My 97 the switch had plastic snaps (Cami) no screws the plastic warped from sun and sprung, so (after contact clean and lube) I used tie wraps to secure it for 100 more years. LOL
Do not remove switch internals in the car, go to a place you can find the parts that fly out. 1 spring , contact and a tiny ball bearing inside. Don't lose them.


here.
http://www.fixkick.com/AirCond/heater.html

HS404
http://ecatalog.smpcorp.com/STD/#/vehicles

the google search for lowest price, or shortest deliver time.


sorry for long post but if you took yours apart, , its not trival, working this failure, with the cables fighting you.

[Mike1962]

yes they love to do that.
the switch assembly falls apart.
i documented how I fixed mine with tie wraps. (find the lost spring and ball first)
what other cars do is not important, its what yours did,,,, things can break in many ways, (modes) but yours is busted, that be sure.
they also had push button version, (makes buying parts hard)
if lucky only the switch unsnapped from the main carrier.
but mine the plastic melted under hot sun, and warped, so I used tie wraps, to bind it down. and it will never fail again that way.

Hi all, I'm having a problem with the blower switch on my 96 tracker, all of a sudden the switch slides to easily back and forth, I can get it to come on once in a while by holding it up or down while sliding it from low to high, I search around and have see some similar but none mention the switch moving from low to hìgh so freely.thanks

seen here under heater

http://www.fixkick.com/AirCond/heater.html
SMP makes parts for this too. they have a catalog , here. not saying below is a match, unseen yours.

http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?...__GIP__3__


here is GM link
https://www.gmpartsdepartment.com/parts/...ROL%20UNIT
do you own research, above is just and example.


disconinued at suz.
https://www.suzukicarparts.com/parts/199...p=CONTROLS


now my photo of mine, 96, on my heater
page
i and to find all this tiny part the put it back together,



quoting my page
CAMI is Canada plant (shut down), Japan is the Iwata JAPAN plant made. You VIN code tells you which MFG plant the car was made.
My 97 the switch had plastic snaps (Cami) no screws the plastic warped from sun and sprung, so (after contact clean and lube) I used tie wraps to secure it for 100 more years. LOL
Do not remove switch internals in the car, go to a place you can find the parts that fly out. 1 spring , contact and a tiny ball bearing inside. Don't lose them.


here.
http://www.fixkick.com/AirCond/heater.html

HS404
http://ecatalog.smpcorp.com/STD/#/vehicles

the google search for lowest price, or shortest deliver time.


sorry for long post but if you took yours apart, , its not trival, working this failure, with the cables fighting you.

Thanks for the help, going to remove it ànd see how it looks[/b]

[fixkick]

on mine
the switch split. (self dissassembly)
then dropped a spring and ball bearing (single ball)
to the dash shelf below. i had to retrieve this. to rebuild the switch and then use tie wraps to cure this.

the work to access this is in the FSM

seen here.

http://www.acksfaq.com/2016bp.php?urlnam...kerfsm.htm

[Mike1962]

Thanks for the link to the manual