Fan not working sometimes???

This has been happening every once in a while and it has me puzzled. Sometimes my fan dosen't work and no air comes out of the vents whether on low med or high. It like the fan is broke.I will leave it on any speed and not air will come out but usually within 5 minutes or so it will start working. It happens out of the blue and I cant seem to figure out why or what conditions make this happen. Any ideas??? I am a car guy and do all my repairs but I have not ever had a car with a touch screen HVAC.

 

Anyone? I am wondering is this a symptom of a bad touch screen ?

 

you're kidding right what proof do you have that this is the cause of my problem .It worked before alright and would cut out and eventually come back and work fine but recently yesterday it has stopped altogether .Has anyone else experienced this problem and is it common on this car?

 

Patrick I respect your abundant knowledge on these cars however one cannot simply state replace x part without giving a discription of a possible solution, That being said I thank you for your insight on trouble shooting the blower. I took out the filter and while the power was on noticed no movement on the blower wheel I then I gave the wheel a slight nudge and bam it started working and then I tried all the speed settings and it continued to work fine. I shut the car off restarted and it stopped working again I then repeated the fix and left it on high speed for several minutes shut the car down and restarted and it worked this time. I noticed some slight rust on the nut of the shaft so I'm guessing it might just need a little PB blaster on the shaft. I may be totally wrong on this but I'm not going to spend money to replace the blower until it stops completely.I keep you guys updated.

 

Thanks again I made the dumb mistake of not searching before posting It seems like toyota should have a recall on the blower and replace with a better design. I have never owned a car with such a problem.anyway Its not that pricey if it does need to be replaced AZ has two special order with lifetime warranty's for under $100 in the long run I guess its not that bad I love this car!

 

seems like old a little push was needed maybe something was blocking the fan from starting moving .are the bearings bad in the motor or the brushes I don't know but it's working fine now.

 

Back from the dead its been three years and 150K later and every once and a while the fan stops. I did something earlier this year. The fan stopped so I gave it a little punch with a pencil and as usual it started then I ran it on max fan speed for the last three hours of the day at work. Hasn't stopped in almost 6 months. I'm thinking maybe dirt or something builds up in there and by running on high for a while loosens it up. For anyone who has their fan stop try this its free and has worked for me I'm currently at 255K!