my roommates car’s fan wont shut off. of course its shut off and has been sitting there for about 10 min. 1998 ford escort.
Help 
I dunno if this is even relevant or not, but try checking the coolant temperature sensor. I had to replace one of these on my Porsce 944 when i had it, and i traced the problem to this after my battery died like 4 times. basically, the fan in the car would normally stay on for like 5 min after u shut the car of, then jsut shut off. well, when the sensor went bad, it just ran and ran. so, long story short, for 2 weeks (cuz its a Porsche, and i had to wait for parts), i had to disconnect my battery everytime i got out of the car- yeah that looks REAL classy when u roll up in your fucking Porsche, park, then pop the hood and start wrenching in it to disconnect the battery.
Like i said, this may be irrelevant cuz that was a Porsche…and this is an Escort, but try checking it out, what have u got to lose?
Bad relay or bad wiring.
on older escorts the fan always ran after the car shut off…i doubt its still the same
it just went off… i told him to fill up his coolant tomorrow and we will take a look at it then…
thanks guys
it is probably the coolant, the car was probably super hot due to the lack of coolant, that or like mikes98rt said with the temp sensor or the relay. GL