Boys and Girls this is why you do not install a higher rated fuse, jump a fuse with a piece of wire or wrap a fuse with tin foil. This vehicle had a very minor problem of the tail light fuse blowing and it escalated into a several thousand dollar repair because the owner or … Continue reading “2000 Maxima Blows The Tail Light Fuse”
This 2003 Ford Explorer came in with several complaints; the door ajar light stays on with the doors closed and the engine running, the dome and puddle lights stay on for ten minutes after exiting the vehicle, when locking the doors the doors will lock then unlock on their own and the alarm will go … Continue reading “2003 Ford Explorer Door Ajar Light Stays On”
1999 Lexus ES 300 was towed to the shop after an owner had removed the upper intake assembly in order to install new knock sensors. The engine now does not run at all. It took a good bit of checking and searching but in the end the problem was very simple. Here are the symptoms: … Continue reading “1999 Lexus ES 300 No Run Condition”
2003 Chrysler Town and Country Van came in with the complaint of the blower operates on high speed with key on and cannot be adjusted down. This procedure will also apply to Dodge Caravans with auto a/c. The controls and indicators seemed to work normally. I checked the wiring diagram and component locator and found … Continue reading “2003 Chrysler Town and Country Van Blower Speed Constant”
It was and still is very common for the torque pins inside Ford and some Chrysler power window motors to fail. The following instructions are for repairing the motor once it is out of the door. A Ford motor is being shown. Chysler motors are similar but the gears are installed backwards. Remove the single … Continue reading “Replacing Torque Pins In Ford Power Window Motor”
1989 Dodge Dakota with a complaint of no blower operation. I have had lots of experience with these and went straight to the problem. Luckily this year model has the blower resistor in a convenient location. Sometimes they are inside the dash or under the washer reservoir at the cowl area on various Chrysler, Dodge … Continue reading “1989 Dodge Dakota Blower Inop”
This 1989 Cadillac Deville came in with the park / tail lights staying on. This is a fairly common problem on 1980’s and early 1990’s Cadillacs with Twilight Sentinel headlight systems. The Twilight sentinel module is located on the rear of the dash panel behind the headlight switch. The following picture is taken from the … Continue reading “1989 Cadillac Deville Park / Tail Lights Stay On”
Code P0325 stored in 1997 Nissan Maxima. Because the knock sensor is normally at fault I usually test it first. The knock sensor is located under the intake and is accessible on the driver’s side of the car. Locate the knock sensor subharness connector. It is near the dipstick tube, red knob in center of … Continue reading “1997 Nissan Maxima Code P0325 Knock Sensor”
This 1999 Buick Century came in with the customer complaint of Sparking in the driver’s door hinge and now the power windows are inop. Checked the circuit breaker in the passenger side fuse box and it was smoking hot. I decided to disconnect the battery and wait for things to cool down. Common sense would … Continue reading “1999 Buick Century Windows Inop, Circuit Breaker Gets Hot and Sparks From Door Hinge”
After looking at diagrams I found that this Expedition uses vacuum controls to change door positions. I started looking for vacuum line problems under the hood and found the problem behind the battery. You can see the damaged section of the small plastic vacuum line, just slightly lower than center of the following picture. It … Continue reading “1998 Ford Expedition, No Air From Vents, Air Only Flows From Defrost”