Engione overheats is slow trafic

Asked by GuruT4F6W Jun 07, 2018 at 06:09 PM about the 2012 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Fans work for 15 secs then both new 25A fuses burn out again

2 Answers

Either the fans are defective and drawing too much power or you have a short in the wiring.

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This is a tricky one as the fans are controlled by the ECM. That said, there's also no reason fuses should blow unless one fan is shorted out or overheating from blockage? Weird....

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