What's burning out the radiator fan relay, 98 Grand Voyager 3.0?

On 9/4/2011 7:40 PM, mark wrote:
> When we bought the van a few years ago, the check engine light was on.
> The diagnostic at AutoZone indicated possible fan relay, among other
> things I had to fix. Replaced the relay, fans worked fine for 3
> months, Same thing, got a relay from a dealer this time, 3 months or
> so, I'm replacing it for the 3rd time. What's causing it to burn out?
> The plastic on the connector at the pin 1 ( ? ) contact is a bit
> melted. Help! These relays ain't cheap...
> Mark Goodall


Sounds like the electric fan/or fans have a bad winding causing heavy
current draw..Possibly burning the relay contacts off.


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