Last night out of nowhere my radio decided to die out on me,my windows, my wipers, my trunk release/ cruise. all the fuses are fine and when i put that little crap fuse tester that came with my pack of fuses it lights up so im getting juice to the fuses, i have no idea where to start looking..
NEED HELP ASAP
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Are you sure about whatever tester thing you're using? Does it check for 12 volts to the fuse, or just check continuity across the fuse terminals? If the latter:
You will likely find that you have an open in the blk/lt grn ignition switch wire or that the ignition switch itself failed and this wire is no longer powered. See the following diagram (courtesy of S&2B's [site host] and Tom Moss [diagram author]):
It looks to me like that one wire is involved in all the crap that is not working on your car.
I'd have a spare ignition switch on hand in case you find you need it (it's not a bad idea to replace the switch as a preventative maintenance type thing. 20 bucks at the dealership).
Good luck.
You will likely find that you have an open in the blk/lt grn ignition switch wire or that the ignition switch itself failed and this wire is no longer powered. See the following diagram (courtesy of S&2B's [site host] and Tom Moss [diagram author]):
It looks to me like that one wire is involved in all the crap that is not working on your car.
I'd have a spare ignition switch on hand in case you find you need it (it's not a bad idea to replace the switch as a preventative maintenance type thing. 20 bucks at the dealership).
Good luck.
hissin 50 your a genius i love you, thats exxactly what it was, what happened with my ignition swittch was when i was doing my heat core i had to take it out obviously but not only did i take the electrical connector but the whole piece came out excluding the one with the odd torx screw, so in order me to get it back into that metal casing i shaved off some of the sides of the plastic piece (with the metal contacts), i have a zip tie holding it now. i guess im better off getting a new piece.
Sounds good, and I'm glad you knew exactly where to look. That's the nice thing about losing many circuits at once - it's not hard to find the common thread.
I recently changed out my switch due to a similar issue. The casing was 'leaning' to the left so I straightened it out. Well, this caused the switch to start acting a little bit funny. A new switch (and a spare for next time) came from the dealership and it was less than a 30 minute install, with me screwing around with some other stuff while under the dash.
FWIW, if your plug itself is cracked, you can get a new one those and a new pigtail as well. I have part numbers for several large parts stores saved somewhere if you need them.
Not that you need it, but here's a nice write-up for future searchers.
Good luck bud.
I recently changed out my switch due to a similar issue. The casing was 'leaning' to the left so I straightened it out. Well, this caused the switch to start acting a little bit funny. A new switch (and a spare for next time) came from the dealership and it was less than a 30 minute install, with me screwing around with some other stuff while under the dash.
FWIW, if your plug itself is cracked, you can get a new one those and a new pigtail as well. I have part numbers for several large parts stores saved somewhere if you need them.
Not that you need it, but here's a nice write-up for future searchers.
Good luck bud.
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