2004 jeep grand cherokee cooling fan relay location

I'm pretty sure that the fan relay has gone bad in my 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 4.0 in it.

I have been reading conflicting areas on where this could be located on an 04. I've read on the 99-03 that it's under the passenger side headlight and to gain access to it by cutting a hole under the passenger side light to get at it.

I've seen some postings by 04 Grand owners that they've done this and that there was no relay there.

Has anyone with an 04 Grand with the 4.0 replaced theirs, and was it located under the passenger side headlight.

Was looking for feedback before I dive into this on.

Tony

Only way to get to it is either taking the front bumper off then you know the right spot to cut. It is right under the headlight. I would take my headlight out and take a pic but it's too big of a hassle haha. It's not hard to take the bumper off at all then take passenger headlight out and you will see it mounted to the body with 2 bolts.

No, on the 04 things were changed. There are two relays (high speed and low speed) in the PDC (power distribution center) under the hood on the passenger side. A bunch of relays and fuses are located there. The OP will know where to look.

No, on the 04 things were changed. There are two relays (high speed and low speed) in the PDC (power distribution center) under the hood on the passenger side. A bunch of relays and fuses are located there. The OP will know where to look.

Great, what does OP stand for?

Just checked my wife's '04 with the 4.0, like rm2001wj said, there are two Rad relays, one low and one high, in the power distribution center, between the battery and passenger side fender. They are the rear-most two relays in the PDC, the cover will tell you where they are.

Jerry :cheers2:

1ATony said:

Great, what does OP stand for?

That's you Tony! You're an OP now!

OP = Original Poster

Nice to see you here Tony, and JeepsOLot is right on Target! He knows the '04 WJs really good, and he was at my Jeep/4X4 shop earlier tonight.

Max

Yep, Max, you could say I know our '04 inside and out, LOL!! I just recently found out that the '04 Grands don't have the fan relay under the headlight, thank God!!!

Jerry :cheers2:

You'll learn a lot more when you quit dragging yer feet & get over to the shop & finish parting out that 2000 WJ you started ripping apart! LOL!

Max

at least you didnt make the mistake i did, go looking for it under the headlight and get all pissed off when nothing is there. oh and when you go to the auto parts store and ask for a fan relay for a 04, they give you the one for 99-03, just fyi

Can someone with an 04 take a picture of their fuse box and post up? The pictures on wjjeeps doesn't have those two relays from what I can find.

Is it what's missing from 39 and 40?

yea h/o aaron, ill go take one in a minute

the 2 relays on the left side of the pic (back of the fuse box) that are the ford relays are the fan relays one is high one is low (see pic of fuse box lid)

My dad was right! (when putting in my Taurus fan, he said "so ya gotta put Ford parts in a Jeep to make it work right, huh?)

hahaha, well those were free from work

Ford relays in a Jeep, WTH!? I would think that would NOT make the fan run, LOL!!

Jerry :cheers2:

hey, free is free, just like the tires i got on it, yea there cupped bad, yea they roar, but they have like 7/32 tread and i didnt pay a dime for them

edit: oh and the tires came off a ford ranger lol, yea more ford parts on the jeep

I visited my dealer on Saturday morning and explained this whole thing to him, he looked at me like I had three heads. Then I had him try to look up the two relays in the fuse box and he said they don't exist. I told him they absolutely exist and the Jeep's out in the parking lot. I gave him one of the relays and he had a pretty good laugh.

I ended up buying two new replays, they were only like 12-13 bucks each for the Mopar ones. Let the Jeep idle in my driveway for 20 minutes and it ran a tick under 210 and the fan seemed to kick on and off fine.

If anyone on the board has an 04 and does have the relay under the headlight I'd be interested in finding out the build date. It'll help us over here too. This is kind of one of those weird things,when even the dealer's telling you the parts there and it isn't.

I had heard the relays for 04's were changed but thanks for all of the clarifications. Do those relay's last longer than the others as well? Or should I just throw a couple spares in the Jeep for the moment of truth?

I had heard the relays for 04's were changed but thanks for all of the clarifications. Do those relay's last longer than the others as well? Or should I just throw a couple spares in the Jeep for the moment of truth?

I've got 145,000 on my Grand. So you should be good for a while (I'd imagine) if you had to replace them.

Tony

Sounds good, thanks, I've got 96k on mine now I'm going to have to check and make sure I have that set up, might throw one spare in my misc. box in back.