Honda Repair: heater blower not working, amp fuse, fuse box


Question
QUESTION: HI, recently my heater blower has gone out in my 95 Civic DX Hatchback.  It's almost to 300K mileage wise.  It's not blowing any air at all, not hot, not cold.  Several people have told me to check the fuse but when I checked a 95 Civic fuse diagram on the internet I didn't see a spot for the heater blower in the fuse box.  Thus, didn't know what fuse to even check.  Can you give me a tip about checking the fuses and perhaps a little info about what to do should the fuses be solid??  I have heard something about the heater blower being under the glove compartment, can I get to that and check it as well??   Any advice would be very much appreciated

ANSWER: You should find a 7.5 amp fuse for the heater motor relay. This would be the fuse you need to check. You should also check the relay (found under the hood in the relay center). You can just switch it with one of the other relays to see if the heater starts to work again.

If this isn't it then it could be your blower motor. It is located under the glove box. The are a few small bolts to remove then it just slides out.

You also might have a problem with the heater controls.

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QUESTION: Thank you for the indepth reply.  I appreciate that very much.  I successfully found the correct fuse but it was fine, I swapped out a replacement anyway and still the heater doesn't work.  You mention the relay under the hood.  Can you tell me a little more about that cause I don't know what that is?  What's it look like?  Where's it located?  What should I look for?  Etc.

I suspect it's the motor, being such an old car I'm sure it's just probably dead but I hate to replace it now with spring here and just a few more cool nights ahead of me. Thanks to your help though even if it is the motor I suspect replacing it should be relatively simple and something I could easily do myself.

Answer
You should also check fuse #37. This is also a part of the blower motor system.

If that is fine then you need to open the hood and look for a black box that you can open. Some of them have a diagram on the outside but most are on the inside. When you find it just look for the blower motor relay.

The blower motor is not too hard to replace. I think I've seen a youtube video about it.