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Old 02-25-2009, 08:04 PM
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Hello everyone, i have a somewhat weird problem,, my car was sitting in the garage, it has been there for over 24 hours, and the cooling fans just came on and started running,,, For now i pulled the fuse.. but i have to figure out what the problem with this is :S

any help is appreciated. Thank you.

ps. its a 99 S500 (140)

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Old 02-26-2009, 10:47 AM
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probably ur a/c control unit went crazy (inside in the dashboard)
 
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Old 02-26-2009, 06:04 PM
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its not the blower motor for the vents,, its the fans in front of the radiator that come on..

they do turn off after a while,,, :S pretty weird
 
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Old 02-26-2009, 07:14 PM
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Sounds as if the fan relay is stuck/sticking. Should be in the front fusebox on the driver side. May have to unscrew panel to access though. Can maybe find a pic if you want it.
 
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Old 02-26-2009, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by MBTECHINFO
Sounds as if the fan relay is stuck/sticking. Should be in the front fusebox on the driver side. May have to unscrew panel to access though. Can maybe find a pic if you want it.
that would be great if you have one
 
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Old 02-27-2009, 09:42 AM
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i understood that ur cooling fan is running not the blower motor. but the cooling fan relay's gets power via the ECU and the a/c control unit. i suppose it's not the ECU. the a/c unit goes bad plenty of times and then can give out power to the relay. but 1st of all,change the relay. maybe it just stuck together.
u can also unplug the wires at the temperature sensor and see there's resistance in both wires or not. if u could measure some on both wire then u need the a/c unit. when u unplug the temp. sensor then the fan starts to run. that's the way it suppose to be. the broken wire does the same thing.
 
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Old 03-09-2009, 01:28 AM
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where exacty is the relay? i found the fuse,, but not the relay
 
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