Smoking From middle console?

[rayray91]

Started the car this morning, had heater running, smoke starts coming from middle console and middle dash after running for about 5mins, smelled like burnt wires, anyway now the heater doesn't work nor does the fan.
Resistor, Harness, blower motor?
Any ideas on what it could be?

[visualpoet]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say a short behind the dash? Hard to tell what it is over the internet. You'll have to pull pieces until you can find it.

[trigun7469]

Check the heater core, is there any fluids in the car?

[TypeG]

when you say it doesn't work, do you mean it no longer blows air or no longer blows warm air?

blower motor may have went out. later.

[drew12000]

saying this because I had the same issue. wasn't smoke but freeon (sp) from the ac.

[Ander]

If it smells like burnt wires, it's prolly...you guessed it...burnt wires.

[rayray91]

when you say it doesn't work, do you mean it no longer blows air or no longer blows warm air?

blower motor may have went out. later.

No air at all, i figured the blower motor too, but somebody else said since it came from the middle and no smoke present near the heater assembly, could've been resistor.

[wed3k]

like the blower resistor? (controls fan speed)

anything on the highest setting?

[rayray91]

like the blower resistor? (controls fan speed)

anything on the highest setting?

Nothing on high either.

[GT-101]

I'm gonna take a guess and say something shorted in your blower motor. That's where I would start.

[bluecb7]

I'd start checking wires as soon as possible. If it smells like burnt wires, chances are there are burnt wires. I can't say for sure, but what it sounds may have happened was a short to ground occured, causing the electronics in the blower motor to blow and the smoke. If it were a resistor the blower motor would still work on high since there's 3 resistors that limit the current, low speed=all 3 resistors, medium low=2 resistors, medium high=1 resistor, high=no resistors (all resistors are bypassed).

[rayray91]

I'd start checking wires as soon as possible. If it smells like burnt wires, chances are there are burnt wires.

Thanks for the help guys, will start looking, guess i will have to get blower motor too correct?

[bluecb7]

Chancees are yes, but I would repair the section of wire and then check tp see if the motor still works.