Q: Can I drive my car with a bad radiator fan clutch?
Can I still drive my Trailblazer if the radiator fan clutch is going bad? I have to make a 200 mile trip and have no other vehicle to drive
My car has 117900 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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