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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / October 2006

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1993 Plymouth Acclaim Check Engine light

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grafgulch@aol.com - 06 Oct 2006 02:51 GMT
Hello,

I have a 1993 Plymouth Acclaim 3.0L V6 w/ Automatic transmission. This
evening the check engine light came on. I obtained the error code by
doing the self diagnosis where you rev the engine up, turn the ac
on/off, Shift thru all the gears and then turn the Ingition key ON,
OFF, ON, OFF and finally ON.

The Check engine light blinked 3 times, paused and blinked 5 more time
(error code 35)

 Error Code 35 = Radiator fan relay indicates open or shorted
condition

Then blinked 5 times paused and blinked 5 more times  (error code 55)

  Error Code 55 = this is the end of Message code

Then after a long puase the check engine light blinked 10 times without

a pause. Is this normal?

I am confused with the error reading of 35 because the radiator fan
does come on. Can the Radiator fan relay be bad and the fan still turn
on?

Thanks for listening,

Paul
halatos@gmail.com - 08 Oct 2006 21:33 GMT
"I am confused with the error reading of 35 because the radiator fan
does come on. Can the Radiator fan relay be bad and the fan still turn
on? "

The short answer is yes. The supply could be shorted to the load which
would make the fan run all of the time. Relays can go bad any number of
ways, and they're usually pretty cheap if your car uses the standard 4
or 5 prong style relay to do this job. Check with napa or auto
zone..usually they'll run you about 7 bucks.

Good luck with it.

Chris
grafgulch@aol.com - 11 Oct 2006 18:52 GMT
> "I am confused with the error reading of 35 because the radiator fan
> does come on. Can the Radiator fan relay be bad and the fan still turn
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>
> Chris

Thanks for the help. It turns out the check engine light came on
because my alternator was going out. Driving to work friday morning my
radio started cutting out and the guage on my dash started falling to
the left. I made it to work and luckly found a trickle charger to
recharge my battery, so I could make it back home. I hooked up a
voltmeter found I was only producing a little over 12 volts. I went to
the local junk yard and found a $35 alternator and everything works
good now.  Those Check Engines codes can be a little missleading
sometimes

Thanks,

Paul
 
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