Cooling Fan problems of the 1998 Chrysler Town & Country

Three problems related to cooling fan have been reported for the 1998 Chrysler Town & Country. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Cooling Fan problem

Failure Date: 06/15/2010

The contact owns a 1998 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated when shutting off the engine, the engine cooling fan would remain running. The contact removed the fuse in order to stop it from constantly running. The dealer advised the issue was common but there were no recalls for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 103,000.

2 Cooling Fan problem

Failure Date: 07/09/2005

Consumer owned Chrysler town and country 1998 van. Consumer has a document that she received from a Chrysler dealer that described the problem she was having. It was customer satisfaction notification 771. Stating the problem was radiator fan relay, and the need to reprogram the power train control module. Vehicle overheats due to the radiator relay fan not working. Engine light came on. Consumer replaced the radiator relay fan twice and it kept failing. Consumer talked to manufacturer, and was told that they would not include this vehicle in the customer satisfaction program described in the document that consumer received at dealer because vehicle was manufactured two weeks after the vehicles included in this program. Consumer wanted to have vehicle fixed by Chrysler, and if they will pay for what was described in document 771. This was not the problem consumer was willing to pay for service. Consumer did not have a dealer because the dealership closed.

3 Cooling Fan problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2000

Overheating due to cooling fan not coming on. The relay switch was bad and was recalled according to the dealer. Customer was not notified of any recall.




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