HELP, my fan won't run

[13v6]

The cooling fan on my 3.7 '13 won't run. With the car at full temp, no fan. I even turned on the AC which should have turned on the fan but, no fan. I checked fuse #7, good. I pulled the fan and hooked it directly to the battery and it ran although the negative wire overheated instantly. That may have just been too small of a wire though. What else could it be?

If you have any ideas of what to check, please be specific. I'm not a mechanic, meaning I don't know where everything is on the engine or how to remove it.

 

[JimC]

Mine went out on my 2013. Relay burned out and the wiring burned. Had to put in a new relay and splice in new wiring.