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I have a 2008 Town and Country and the temp gage gets to dead center and I smell antifreeze. Never remember the gage ever reaching the center before either. So I Checked to see if the radiator cooling fan comes on. I ran the engine and watched the fan it did not come on. So I turned on the AC and eventually the fan came on. I check the fan, fan relay behind the left headlight, and the Lo radiator relay in the fuse box. The all chek good. The relay behind the light had power and the wire from the relay to the fan ohmed good. Ground on fan was good. There was a brown with blue stripe wire to the relay that had a high ohm reading. I assume that this is where the ground for the coil in the relay comes from. Without a wire diagram and repair manual which are hard to come by I am stuck. Can anyone shed some light on why the fan works with the AC and not when the vehicle heats up?

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Ok this might sound crazy but you say you smell coolant but never said if you checked to see if it was full posible bad coolant temp sensor or no coolant passing the sensor please more info on coolant usually if low coolant fan will stay on however you say you smell coolant. If the coolant sensor is bad fan wont command on it will have a high resistance a low coolant temps and low at high temps. I would check sensor since its obviously getting hotter than half way if you dont have coolant leak the relay behind the head light by the way is a common problem I would have just changed it if its original and it grounds to body thats why it is riveted however you can bolt them. Hope this helps check for thermostat opening at right temps to.

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    Tammy Lane Nov 07, 2013

    Hi Carl do u know where to find the coolant temp switch on a chrysler voyager 1998?

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