fan keeps running after ignition turned of and this runs battery down on my 2011 kia sorento why

Asked by Guru5GWXC Nov 27, 2018 at 12:21 AM about the 2011 Kia Sorento EX V6 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

fan on kia sorento 2011 keeps
on and drains the battery even
after ignition is off why so

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Mike answered 5 years ago

How good is your battery? Some cars run the engine cooling fan until the engine cools below a certain temp. If this isn't one of those cars look in the underhood fuse block and pull the relay it could be stuck, swap it with another in the same fuse block just match numbers

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GuruH61FK answered 4 years ago

My 2011 did tje same thing. The mechanic showed me . Turn the keys completely back and then push in on tje keys. Yr keys will come out and everything will be turned off

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Guru2VB93 answered 4 years ago

Had same problem on my 2011 Kia Sorento. it is the relay for the fans that is sticking. It keeps fans powered on after car turned off to cool engine. But when relay sticky it leaves fans powered on until battery is completely drained.You can confirm by tapping top of relay under the elect fuse panel in engine area to see if the relay releases.

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