What does "PDC" stand for?  I assume you're talking about the box behind
the battery, because that's where the fuses and relays are.  I checked
the fuses, and they were good.  I hadn't gotten around to the voltage
yet.  Looks like a nice sun-shiny morning.  I'll get out there with a
volt meter next.

The only recall that was out on a cooling problem for that year vehicle was
replacing the radiator assembly. (recall#694) And that was only if the
vehicle was built at the Toluca Plant and it had to be built between  April
24 1996 thru May 28 1996.

!997 and 98  Had the radiator fan relay recall #7691 and 7692

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

Great info!  Thanks.

Here's the latest:  12 volts at the fan relay terminal 30.  Relay clicks
to turn the fan(s) on.  Same relay works OK when switched over to the
horn circuit.  (I don't have enough hands to check it with a jumper wire
and a volt meter)

Seems like a slam dunk that it's the fan or fans causing the
problem...except that one individual emailed me about another relay that
controls the ground circuit on this car.  He mentioned that it tends to
be a common source of problems, it is a metal box located on the frame
near the radiator, and that it is the same relay used on the Caravan of
the same year.  

One other weird thing about this car is that the temperature gauge reads
cold when the engine is cold, and then it comes up to medium when the
engine warms up.  But it never goes above medium even when the engine is
getting way too hot.  The antifreeze is filled to capacity.  Could it be
that the temperature sensor on the engine is defective and not telling
the gauge to come up all the way, and not telling the grounding relay to
turn the fans on?