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Old 11-11-2008, 10:29 AM
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where are these relays located??? i cant find any relay with 101 or 26 on it anywhere. i did find 2 relays located near the fuses that someone else suggested were involved with the aux fan and i swapped them both out with other relays located on the car that were the same type of relay and neither fixed the problem so its not the relays....as long as those were the 2 relays that your talking about. i did find both fuses and they are obviously good, cause the fan never turns off. i also checked my climate control unit for fault codes and it says i have no faults. what now?
 
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Old 11-11-2008, 06:29 PM
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not supposed to swap them out. just disconnect them one at a time w/ the fan running and see if the fan shuts off
 
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Old 11-16-2008, 08:57 PM
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ok, i'm not sure which relay is which, but i pulled them one at a time with the car running. the one marked 173 didnt do anything when i pulled it out. (fan kept running) when i pulled out the one next to it, marked 170, the fan turned off. i plugged back in relay 173 with 170 left out and the fan came back on, but on low instead of high. as soon as i plugged 170 back in, the fan turned back on high. so maybe the relay marked 170 is sticking so its making the fan run on high the whole time when its not supposed to? what else is there?
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 06:13 PM
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anybody???
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 08:08 PM
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Id leave 170 out, and see if the fan stays on low forever, it shouldnt if you coolant temp isnt at least at the middle mark and your A/C is off.
 
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Old 11-20-2008, 09:49 AM
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i dont think its the relays tho cause yesterday i replaced both relays and its still doing the same thing. so what else can it be? i'm told there is a fan control unit somewhere but i have no idea where it is. anybody know the location of it and how to troubleshoot it?
 
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