I was gifted a '06 Kia Sportage a couple of years ago from the original purchaser (my parents) with 135k miles on it and no fan motor or a/c function. The dealer had quoted $950 to change the fan motor and resistor and fix some melted wires at the resistor. I replaced the fan motor and resistor myself,with new Kia/Hyundai parts, and instead of trying to replace the huge multi-plug connector at the resistor, just crimped-on spade connectors and plugged into the resistor. Twice since, the connectors and wires have melted and things have quit working. What the heck is creating so much amperage/heat that there is heat damage periodically? It has 165k miles now and won't last forever, but I'm getting tired of digging around under the dash annually fixing wires.