In Search of Quality Blower Motor company

roggom · Feb 22, 2017

So my OEM motor finally quit, Made a run to autozone and grabbed whatever they had. Well the new fans have this real crappy fan made out of brittle plastic. I went to Oriellys Advanced and autozone and they all sell the same VDO fan in different boxes.

Anyone know of a quality fan motor company? The OEM has a fan that is tough as nails, the newer black fans just crumble when you try to install them.

Any info is greatly appreciated.

cherokeefan_1 · Feb 22, 2017

Dealer? Or a junkyard/ car-part.com, maybe Napa, they seem to be about the best quality anymore besides the dealer.

rum_maximus · Feb 22, 2017

roggom said:
So my OEM motor finally quit, Made a run to autozone and grabbed whatever they had. Well the new fans have this real crappy fan made out of brittle plastic. I went to Oriellys Advanced and autozone and they all sell the same VDO fan in different boxes.

Anyone know of a quality fan motor company? The OEM has a fan that is tough as nails, the newer black fans just crumble when you try to install them.

Any info is greatly appreciated.

I picked this one up from Amazon about 2yrs ago. Seemed solid and haven't had any issues with it during that time.

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90xj06 · Feb 22, 2017

are you talking about the fins? they should be removable and you could swap it to the new motor.

roggom · Feb 28, 2017

Thanks for the input guys, I ended up getting an "OEM" replacement on Amazon. Guess Valeo started making these motors a few years ago. I was a little miffed to see the fins were the similar black composite, but Valeo also makes parts for some higher end Euro vehicles and this unit was made in France not China. I made sure to loosen the accumulator to make enough room to squeeze the motor assy by. Works fine.

In Search of Quality Blower Motor company

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