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Hi Guys,
I have been lurking on this site for quite a while before pulling the trigger on buying a Smart ForTwo. I love the car and use it all the time for
errands into Baltimore and DC since we bought it about 2 Months ago. The only thing the car needed was new rear tires and that fancy looking
navigation radio kept cutting out. The A/C wasn't working too well so I figured I get to it eventually. Its a 2013 Smart Passion with now
31.000 miles.
Saturday my wife drove it downtown Baltimore and during stop and go traffic the engine temperature light came on, she pulled
over, parked the car and called me. We let the car cool down for a couple hours and once traffic cleared up we drove it home with
my ODB reader plugged in, it stayed under 200F at that point.
Once home I realized the Radiator fan doesn't come on, not when I crank the A/C, nor when the temps go above 200 (turned car off at 208).
So I read EVERYTHING I could find on several forums about the issue and came to the conclusion I'll pull the front off and go from there.
Front pulled off, I got my fat sausage fingers in there and disconnected the fan. Pushing on the blade there was ALOT of play which I'm sure
there shouldn't be. So I ran the connector to an auxiliary fan, turned the car on, cranked the AC to full but nothing happened.
I read that the relays sometimes go bad, so I swapped relay K59 with K57 which are identical in my car. I also checked fuse 14 and 28 which
both are good.
Turned on the car again, no juice at the radiator fan plug. So I pulled the SAM, opened it up to check for any dirt or moisture but didn't see anything obvious.
Is there anything else I can check? Another switch that I might be missing?
My plan was to add an AUX radiator instead of swapping the old one, so in case anyone wonders how big of a fan you could fit in there, I hope this will help you:
Maximal Length = 16 1/2 inches
Maximal Height = 14 3/4 inches
I had opted for the Rapid Cool 3680 12" that Pep Boys sells for about 50$, it was the biggest they had that would still fit (14" would have been too big as it is 15 1/4 at the highest point).
Now I still need to diagnose why I have no juice at the plug so I can get this beauty back on the road and my Ram1500 back in the garage.
I have been lurking on this site for quite a while before pulling the trigger on buying a Smart ForTwo. I love the car and use it all the time for
errands into Baltimore and DC since we bought it about 2 Months ago. The only thing the car needed was new rear tires and that fancy looking
navigation radio kept cutting out. The A/C wasn't working too well so I figured I get to it eventually. Its a 2013 Smart Passion with now
31.000 miles.
Saturday my wife drove it downtown Baltimore and during stop and go traffic the engine temperature light came on, she pulled
over, parked the car and called me. We let the car cool down for a couple hours and once traffic cleared up we drove it home with
my ODB reader plugged in, it stayed under 200F at that point.
Once home I realized the Radiator fan doesn't come on, not when I crank the A/C, nor when the temps go above 200 (turned car off at 208).
So I read EVERYTHING I could find on several forums about the issue and came to the conclusion I'll pull the front off and go from there.
Front pulled off, I got my fat sausage fingers in there and disconnected the fan. Pushing on the blade there was ALOT of play which I'm sure
there shouldn't be. So I ran the connector to an auxiliary fan, turned the car on, cranked the AC to full but nothing happened.
I read that the relays sometimes go bad, so I swapped relay K59 with K57 which are identical in my car. I also checked fuse 14 and 28 which
both are good.
Turned on the car again, no juice at the radiator fan plug. So I pulled the SAM, opened it up to check for any dirt or moisture but didn't see anything obvious.
Is there anything else I can check? Another switch that I might be missing?
My plan was to add an AUX radiator instead of swapping the old one, so in case anyone wonders how big of a fan you could fit in there, I hope this will help you:
Maximal Length = 16 1/2 inches
Maximal Height = 14 3/4 inches
I had opted for the Rapid Cool 3680 12" that Pep Boys sells for about 50$, it was the biggest they had that would still fit (14" would have been too big as it is 15 1/4 at the highest point).
Now I still need to diagnose why I have no juice at the plug so I can get this beauty back on the road and my Ram1500 back in the garage.
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