Good you caught it, if you don't mind post a link for the fan. The tabs on mine broke off and I have wear on a hose underneath as a result. Thanks.

Mine is a 2000, from your sig I see yours is a 1995. I dont think they take the same fan.


I believe this was the one I bought. I think your 95 takes this one.

Thanks for the links, a lot of parts run 1994-2001.

The electric fan OEM part number changed in 1997. Prior years are different.

I found my fan running backwards as well. Stock wiring. Actually, my son noticed it while we were working. I had been having overheat issues....

I had to reverse the wiring.

2000 XJ

Wonder if somebody had a bad day at the factory.

Was it the original fan? Did reversing hte flow fix your overheating issues?

Good to hear you got yours going. Looks like you may be the first to find and point out a common issue to look for with these. Pretty sure I saw a few other past posts about overheating 2000 models. I too would be curious if it might actually be the factory body harness plug that was put out pinned backwards?


Or maybe even the wiring diagram aftermarket companies got a hold of to make their application. I have found wrong colors listed in repair manual diagrams before myself, manuals are like computers, they are only as accurate as the information people load into it.

I wonder if its something that the factory did purposely on the models with the pre-cats in the manifold. (2000-2001) Maybe the thinking was that at a stop it would act like a vent to force out some hot air from under the hood, thus preventing heat soak? Maybe its why they changed the design of the fan for those years?

Shhh...Don't say that too loud or some engineer will decide to do something like that and mess things up. lol. Honestly, I have never seen a reverse flow system out of the engine compartment except in heavy equipment where the engine is mounted in the rear. But I did do a search this morning just incase engineers had already messed things up and couldn't find anything related concerning reverse flow on these.


There was a recall for the electric fan blades exploding on these years though. There were also a LOT of complaints about overheating issues going back to the dealer to be fixed in your year...I have to wonder if this was indeed because of reversed flow and they have been able to keep the actual cause under wraps? Something like this could be pretty embarrassing for them if true.


Guess all we can do is keep an eye out for this as a possible problem with these and see how many pop up.

The only thing that changed with the e-fan through the XJ's production is the number of blades.
I believe the reverse operation has to do with aftermarket fans only.

On another note, it is also possible to get a water pump for the XJ that turns in the wrong direction. Always verify impeller direction.

That is great information about the water pumps! I have run into this problem with other makes because they were also used in marine applications having counter rotating twin engine setups. Is this true for these or is there some other reason for reverse rotation pumps on these?

your not the only one my e f in my 2000 jeep grand Cherokee is doing the same thing

Hell, I better look at mine, I just replaced my fan, not too long ago

I know this is an old thread, I put my efan back in after waterpump replacement months ago, and today I just noticed it was blowing forward. I'm gonna check my wiring since I had to rewire it.

Yep, I wired it backwards, I was gonna cut the wires, and crimp them the right way. Instead I just turned one end of the connector and it plugged together, it won't lock, so maybe a ziptie or two.