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186 messages, Last post on Sep 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM
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Replying to: cnotes (Jul 06, 2006 6:24 am) |
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While driving into work today, I tried to signal a left turn, and to my great surprise, BOTH turnsignals were completely dead. No flashing, no double flashing, nothing. They just went DEAD. (They had been working just fine earlier in the morning). I turned left anway, then right. After having applied the brakes a couple of times, I used the turn signals again and this time they seemed to work ok. E2 or anyone, what the heck is going on here? Is there some connection point that is going bad that would cause this? I have NEVER owned a car where turn signals die and come back on like this. |
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Aug 30, 2006 9:55 am) |
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Aug 30, 2006 9:55 am) |
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Replying to: 3745 (Aug 30, 2006 11:45 am) 4-5 times in rapid succession, once after I got out of the car with it running to get sunglasses it locked me out of my own car! Luckily I was at home so i used the spare key to open the drivers door. I know if i bring it back to the dealer they will tell me " checks out fine now". These issues must be all related to the BCM (body control module ) The f-ing software in these things got more bugs than a hornet's nest... |
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Replying to: butch100 (Aug 30, 2006 12:31 pm) I am an ex radio ham and I also worked on high power commercial medium wave, short wave, fm and television transmitters and know what radio interference can do. If it is rf interference causing the problem a few decoupling capacitors in the right place on the car wiring would fix it up.
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Replying to: butch100 (Aug 30, 2006 12:31 pm) |
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Replying to: 3745 (Aug 30, 2006 3:04 pm) it's time for a trip to the dealer. I live 1/8th mile from the city comm. tower so I tried it at 2 diff. spots, same result. BTW my dad was into ham radio big time had a tech. license at the time. When he cranked up his 3000 watt final it could blast through anything!(telephones even a stereo that wasn't on!
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Replying to: butch100 (Sep 02, 2006 10:09 pm) And yes, I know about the stereo blasting away even if it's switched off. It has happened to me as well. Of course once again I say I am just speculating as to what the cause of the erratic behavior of the BCM might be. Oh yes, I have also had the occasions where the car did not respond to either of the 2 key fob's commands and then out of its own started to work again! |
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| I just went to my local hardware store and picked up 4 rubber washers with a groove on the outside. The dimensions are: inner diameter 7/16; outer diameter 3/4; groove diameter 9/16; groove width 1/16. They fit in the sheet metal holes, with the metal holding the washer in place by the grooves in the washer. Simply plop your light housing back down and voila! Not sure what the dealer is doing to solve this problem but a second solution for those who don't have a hardware store that stocks odds and ends like grooved rubber washers: putting electrical tape around the plastic pegs on the bottom of the light housing works well too. | |
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