HELP! - some electrical dead in the cold.
#1
HELP! - some electrical dead in the cold.
The last two mornings (about 9 degrees), I would go out and start my truck (no problems there), and neither my heater blower fan or my turn signals would work. The truck would start and the radio woudl work fine. After about 10 minutes of warming up, everything would work and be fine from then on out.
What gives?
What gives?
#3
My daughter has a similar problem with a '01 Dodge Caravan, except her radio and wipers don't work either. The weather doesn't seem to be of any consequence tho. It's been to a dealer and they tell her nothing is wrong. I am at a loss as to what would cause this. Anyone with any ideas would really be apppreciated.
If it was doing the opposite and shutting things down I would suspect a relay getting hot, but not working cold then to start working after it warms up doesn't make any sense to me.
If it was doing the opposite and shutting things down I would suspect a relay getting hot, but not working cold then to start working after it warms up doesn't make any sense to me.
#5
Originally posted by Nite351
My daughter has a similar problem with a '01 Dodge Caravan, except her radio and wipers don't work either. The weather doesn't seem to be of any consequence tho. It's been to a dealer and they tell her nothing is wrong. I am at a loss as to what would cause this. Anyone with any ideas would really be apppreciated.
My daughter has a similar problem with a '01 Dodge Caravan, except her radio and wipers don't work either. The weather doesn't seem to be of any consequence tho. It's been to a dealer and they tell her nothing is wrong. I am at a loss as to what would cause this. Anyone with any ideas would really be apppreciated.
#6
The problems seems to be the wipers, heater, and radio just don't come on after starting. As far as I can tell everything else seems to work fine. (guage cluster, lites all good) You can get in and drive just as long as you don't need the heat or wipers.
I've tried wiggling the key every which way I can, even moving it back towards off. Nothing seems to have any effect. Shutting it off and restarting doesn't do anything either.
Doesn't seem to effect anything. i.e. no strange smells or anything of that nature.
Once they come on then all is well until you shut it off and leave it sit for a while ( usually between 20-30 minutes) then things don't work again. If it sits off for a short time everything comes back on immediately, (inside 20 min) no problems.
I don't ever recall encountering this before, probably why it is so perplexing.
As is to be expected the dealer was absolutely no help. Not even a speculation on where to look.
Thanks, R.
I've tried wiggling the key every which way I can, even moving it back towards off. Nothing seems to have any effect. Shutting it off and restarting doesn't do anything either.
Doesn't seem to effect anything. i.e. no strange smells or anything of that nature.
Once they come on then all is well until you shut it off and leave it sit for a while ( usually between 20-30 minutes) then things don't work again. If it sits off for a short time everything comes back on immediately, (inside 20 min) no problems.
I don't ever recall encountering this before, probably why it is so perplexing.
As is to be expected the dealer was absolutely no help. Not even a speculation on where to look.
Thanks, R.
#7
That's a very unusual group of affected parts. I would suspect the BCM, but that almost always causes the gauges to go out, or at least the dash lights to flash. More than likely, it's a bad connection to the chassis for one of the ground wires under the dash. I know that doesn't help much, but I'd go through the ground points with a fine tooth comb before I spent the money on a new BCM.
Take care,
~Chris
Take care,
~Chris
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