# Valet parked car's fan continues running

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/valet-parked-cars-fan-continues-running/15047>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 9, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valet-parked-cars-fan-continues-running/15047 "2008-06-09T04:20:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valet-parked-cars-fan-continues-running/15047/1 "2008-06-09T04:20:48Z")

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Hi, I do valet parking. This evening I parked a car for a hotel guest. It was a year unknown, Saturn S.U.V. After I shut off the engine and the lights I noticed the fan kept running under the hood.  
  
  
  
 I was going to mention this to the guest but I figured it was normal. This car must have had alot of hot metal to cool considering she drove direct from Ohio to Kentucky.

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**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valet-parked-cars-fan-continues-running/15047/2 "2008-06-09T04:23:33Z")

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So I just wanted to make sure this was normal. Geez. why can’t we edit our O.P. anymore ?

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**Author:** ![Scudder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scudder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scudder)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valet-parked-cars-fan-continues-running/15047/3 "2008-06-09T04:32:03Z")

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It’s normal for electric fans to run for a few minutes after engine shut off, usually this is no more than 2 - 3 minutes depending on the vehicle. If it’s still running after 15 minutes it usually means fused relay contacts, it will just run the battery flatter than the squirrel I saw on highway 1 this morning.

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**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valet-parked-cars-fan-continues-running/15047/4 "2008-06-09T04:44:35Z")

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I agree, but it depends on the car. Some cars certainly are designed for the fan(s) to run after the engine is off, I don’t know about the saturn.