Wipers, Buzzers, and Interior Lights
 

My warning buzzer, wipers, and interior lights have all quit functioning. No one has been able to diagnois the problem. Any one have any suggestions?

revikes@aol.com

This might seem simple but,,, Have you checked all the fuses? Even if they're not "Broken" sometimes they can fail once current is put across them.

Check the fuses and relays make sure they are all in tight and none of them gone bad if that all checks out then it must be something in the wiring.

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2000 F150 XLT Reg. cab
4.6 Triton Engine
4x2 3.55 rear end gear
sliding rear window
automatic keyless entry
white styleside short box

I just got my 2000 F-150 super cab out of the shop with the exact same problem. Mine turned out to be a short in a wire behind the clutch assembly going to the GEM module which controls those components. I was told that this short would cause an electrical surge to the GEM module and that was wiping out the programming for those components. They fixed the wiring problem, reprogrammed the GEM module and everything seems to be working fine now.

Same thing just happened to my 2000 SuperDuty.. Dome lights started flashing like a blinker, power windows quit, and no wipers. Dealer said it might be the GEM. (Also said "well, looks like you have an electrical problem.." Really?)



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-IKE

2000 F-250 SuperDuty Crew Cab 4x4

"My graduation present to myself!"

Go Boilers!!
1999 Graduate -Purdue University
"Close by the Wabash, in famed Hoosier land..."
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I'm beginning to feel guilty about actually remembering a time when wire ran to a fuse then to a switch then to *the device* then to ground.

Life was wonderful then (and the older I get, the faster my car was)!

Can any of you Advance Engineers give me some heads-up as to how many transistors/chokes/capacitors/etc it will take to replace that light switch in my bathroom, next time it wears out?

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Y2K™ Jim Gorka

Toreador Red, Keyless XLT SC SB 5.4L E4x4 4wDisc/ABS, 3.73LS, Skid, HD 7700# Towing, LT-245's on Chrome, Tube-Steps, Captain's, 6CD, Tonneau, named: "Nick"