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Tue 15 Jul 2003 12:45
Ford Focus Air Con noise - bertj
Is it normal for the electric radiator cooling fan to be running all the time when the Climate Control is on? The car is 2002 Focus 2 litre Ghia Automatic. This fan is extremely noisy and the car can be heard coming from quite a distance.
Cheers for any info.
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Tue 15 Jul 2003 12:54
Ford Focus Air Con noise - Dynamic Dave
Short answer, yes.
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Tue 15 Jul 2003 13:21
Ford Focus Air Con noise - bertj
DD - Thanks, can't say fairer than that!
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Tue 15 Jul 2003 19:17
Ford Focus Air Con noise - jc
Some cars use a separate smaller fan to move air thro'the air/con radiator.The lesser Fords use the main radiator fan.
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Tue 15 Jul 2003 19:43
Ford Focus Air Con noise - L'escargot
Some cars use a separate smaller fan to move air thro'the
air/con radiator.The lesser Fords use the main radiator fan.


I hope you're not implying that a 2 litre Focus Ghia is one of the "lesser" Fords. My experience of owning one for four years is that it is one of the better Fords.

L'escargot by name, but not by nature.
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Tue 15 Jul 2003 21:06
Ford Focus Air Con noise - David Lacey
If you want to hear a noisy condensor fan, try listening to a Rover 75 with the climate control system on!
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Wed 16 Jul 2003 09:50
Ford Focus Air Con noise - jc
Lesser in size,not quality!
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Wed 16 Jul 2003 11:48
Ford Focus Air Con noise - jc
I am a well-content owner of an Escort Estate TCI and a Ka and I thoroughly agree with you.
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Wed 16 Jul 2003 14:26
Ford Focus Air Con noise - bertj
Seriously though, this ridiculous amount of noise spoils an otherwise excellent car. People actually turn their heads to listen with some puzzlement. Is there any way this could be modified?
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Wed 16 Jul 2003 16:02
Ford Focus Air Con noise - daveyjp
Its a double fan in the Focus - when the a/c is on the LHS fan is always on and it is very noisy (I never thought so until I changed for an Audi which runs silently), but at least you'll know if it packs up!!!
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