# Overheating - fan motor doesn't turn

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-fan-motor-doesnt-turn/38140>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** overheating, silhouette, oldsmobile, engines, fans\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-fan-motor-doesnt-turn/38140 "2009-10-15T16:29:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![suebmiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@suebmiller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/suebmiller)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-fan-motor-doesnt-turn/38140/1 "2009-10-15T16:29:04Z")

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the car immediately overheats and the fan motor doesn’t turn. thr A/C hasn’t worked for years, so I don’t think it is involved with the current problem.