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I tried that on my 1998 Buick Century and and nothing happened. Could you be more specific such as when to insert the ignition key, and what position to set it to?
Thanks,
Michael F
While opening my trunk with the lights on after just replacing a fuse, the fuse blew again, but in the darkness of the trunk I caught a glimpse of a electrical spark near the right side trunk hinge.
I found the problem. The wiring harness retainer does not allow enough slack in the harness where it comes into the trunk lid from the body. The wiring eventually breaks from flexing at that point. The wires then short together knocking out taillights, and all dash and control panel lighting.
I got many outrageous repair quotes and suggested solutions before stumbling on the simple answer to this problem.
I hope this helps you even though your post was a while back. Maybe it will help others too.
has anyone els had this problme and mybe could shine some light on this
i try and pull codes and it comes up w nothing
i was thinking mybe the ecm or body control moduel ?
let me know oh the low tire light as well and i check the tire presser and nothing
ing, but mostly have to rev to start. also stalls out when making turns. engine revs high on its own sometimes. My friend who is a wrench head is baffled. It is odd it ran purrfect before the gasket manifold was replaced? My wrench head was outta town so had it done elsewhere. mechanic accepts no responsibllity. any help would be appreciated.
thank you any help wecome
been looking online and havent seen anything that the cluster
is the problme bc all i have seen is there bulbs not lighting up
and they come on after starting the car and putting it in gear
and sometimes not comeing on for a short while but then come
on and i check for codes in the ecm and i reset the sereivce light
and it dont reset the light and i check w the dealer and they said
the cluster is usaly at falut and had one there w the same problme
lol but they didnt check it out and he thut it was the cluster
About a month after replacing the BCM, the headlights in the car turned off completely while driving a night when trying to turn off high beams. The next day the horn was going off intermittently with no one in or near the car. The car had been turned off for two hours when this started happening.
Does anyone know what this might be happening??? Help!!
I have the same issue on my '03 Century, did you get a response to this?
Thanks
Martin
Also, I'm assuming that this electrical problem might be the cause of another issue - the car won't go into reverse sometimes. This issue started at the same time as the window issue above.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2000 Buick Century Gear indicator light out and odometer light out. I found a small company in Florida who fixes this for less than $150.00 a few years ago. You have to take your cluster out and send to him. I should have used the Florida guy but I fixed mine myself after I found a youtube video but it's not easy. There are 4 small resistors on the rear of the cluster circuit board which come from the factory with cold solder joints. They are small and don't have pigtails and are hard to solder. Mine worked but eventually failed again. If you find a cluster from the junkyard (that works) the mileage will be wrong of course. The cluster is really not that hard to remove. A dealer will hit you for over $500 for this fix.
2000 Buick Century. Electric windows, overhead courtesy light, and radio quit working all at the same time. Can't find common fuse or relay. Checked individual fuses, all OK. Talk about weird. HELP! I did have to jump start the thing not long before this happened. This has nothing to do with the common window regulator problem. I've changed so many of those that I can do it blindfolded.
There are numerous tutorials on the internet (such as on YouTube) on how to diagnosis a parasitic drain.
By chance do you live in the northeast US?