OAW 100-V186 Front HVAC Blower Motor for 01-09 Volvo S60, 99-06 S80, 01-07 V70, 03-07 XC70 & 03-14 XC90

Works perfectly and no issues 3 months in!

My '07 XC70 has had a dying blower for probably five years but I hadn't got around to replacing it. Then, on a super hot day while miles from home, of course, it died.Ordered this guy, it was here a day later. Not the most fun install I've ever done, but that's not due to this product, it's due to a bit of engineering silliness of the sort that auto makers are famous for (tightly cramped areas, screws without real clearance to get a tool onto them, etc.)However, went in without any additional trouble. Direct replacement, no issues.There's always a moment of truth with replacement blowers... Will it be massively louder than OEM? Will it have poor balancing that causes vibration or pulsing sounds? Will it be a super weak airflow compared to the original?Relieved to say that this blower is about the same loudness as OEM, seems to blow nice and hard, and seems to be well-balanced. If it lasts a few years for me, that's all I need. For now, five stars, went about as smoothly as it possibly could given the nature of the install on these vehicles.

I bought this blower motor for my 2006 Volvo XC90 (V8). Even though I was pretty sure my problem was just the Blower Motor Resistor (which it ended up being the resistor as cause of failure), I decided to replace the original blower motor at the same time since my blower motor was at least 7 years old (since I have owned this Volvo) and it is somewhat of a pain to remove the blower assembly from under the dash. There are many youtube videos regarding removing/installing the blower motor assembly and I recommend watching at least 2 or 3 of them because some are better than other in explaining "the hidden screw location" and how to deal with it if you are dealing with the original blower motor assembly that has never been removed. Once you have watched a few videos, it is not that difficult to replace the motor and resistor but the screws holding up motor assembly are very difficult to see and get to unless you have your head under the dash in the passenger foot area and your feet up in the air at the passenger headrest. You can try having positioning your head under the dash and your body sideways with your legs sticking out the passenger door, but when I tried doing that it felt like the middle of my back was going to snap (at 53 I am not that flexible).It has been over a month now and the blower motor is working well (same air volume being pushed out of vents and a little more quiet than the last motor). Based on my experience so far, I would recommend this blower motor as a highly cost-effective direct replacement. If your resistor is anywhere near as old as the blower motor you are replacing, I would also recommend changing resistor at the same time to avoid doing this full removal again any time soon (just make sure you buy a well-reviewed resistor). I will update my review if anything changes.

It was okay.

Blower motor fits exactly as per specifications. The motor works very smoothly and silently. No issues so far with anything.