Large Cooling fan

Good Morning,

I noticed the other day that my cooling fans were uber loud. and still running when I got out my JSW. I know this is semi normal but what wasnt was how loud they were. So I popped the hood and had a look and only one fan was going as turbo speeds and wobbling all over the place. so panic mode sat in and I started to order replacements but then I checked the fuses and they were all good, but it was blowing my mind that the BIG fan(Driver side) was the fan not spinning but the little one was. From the diagram the big fan seems to be the controller for the little guy or did I read that wrong. I do get a code that its stuck
( P1950 - Coolant fan for coolant difficulty of movement/blocked Intermittent)
. So is this pretty much and item I will have to drop $400 on to get fixed? I swear this car does not want my wallet to get above $200. lol

Are the fans covered under the warranty? If there is a code I think it should.

From the VW settlement under what is covered.
"The On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) system, any malfunctions detected by the On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) system other than those related to the transmission ."

https://www.vwdiesellookup.com/pdf/VWCourtSettlement_Emissions_Disclosure_Gen1_Manual_Final.pdf

I recently replaced the both fans on my 09 Jetta with similar problem. I purchased both fans from idparts around $260. It was fairly easy job to do.
The extended warranty would cover if it threw a CEL for emissions. The extended warranty guide doesn't list the coolant fans

Metal Man said:

Are the fans covered under the warranty? If there is a code I think it should.

From the VW settlement under what is covered.
"The On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) system, any malfunctions detected by the On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) system other than those related to the transmission ."

https://www.vwdiesellookup.com/pdf/VWCourtSettlement_Emissions_Disclosure_Gen1_Manual_Final.pdf

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thank you very much. Setting up an appointment in the am.

Cooling fan failures are somewhat common. Hastened on the CR cars due to the regen cycle taxing them even more. This is something I try and check every service. BOTH fans should always run together, there is never a time when only one fan should run, FYI.

On many of these cars that require the fan shroud assembly be removed to swap the fans, I would strongly suggest doing them both at the same time.

oilhammer said:

Cooling fan failures are somewhat common. Hastened on the CR cars due to the regen cycle taxing them even more. This is something I try and check every service. BOTH fans should always run together, there is never a time when only one fan should run, FYI.

On many of these cars that require the fan shroud assembly be removed to swap the fans, I would strongly suggest doing them both at the same time.

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Since I am getting a CEL for this and I still have the warranty I hope they will be replacing them.