This 1995 Chevrolet S10 pickup came in with the complaint that the park lights would work until the brakes were applied or the turn signals were switched on. In reality none of the rear lights were working as they should. It all sounded like a bad ground to me so I wanted to start by … Continue reading “1995 Chevrolet S10 Pickup, Rear Lights Go Out”
This 1995 Chevrolet S10 pickup came in with the complaint that rear lights were not working properly. The park lights would work but as soon as the turn signals or stoplights were turned on all of the rear lights would go out. I had a pretty good idea that there was faulty ground issue and … Continue reading “1995 Chevrolet S10 Erratic Stop , Tail and Turn Signal Lights”
This 1995 Chevrolet S10 came in with the complaint that the dash illumination lights do not work. The customer drives a good bit at night and does not want to take a chance on getting a speeding ticket. A quick checked showed that the tail and license plate lights came on, so I knew that … Continue reading “1995 Chevrolet S10 Pickup, No Dash Lights”
This 2000 GMC Jimmy came in with the complaint of no dash lights at night. This is actually pretty easy to test and repair. First turn the park lights on and check to make sure the exterior park/tail lights are working. These were on this vehicle. Next check for power on the ILLUM fuse in … Continue reading “2000 GMC Jimmy, No Dash lights”
The customer brought in this 1996 GMC Sonoma Pickup with and inoperative turn signal complaint. I checked the fuse and it was oaky. Next step is to check the turn signal flasher. This is a pretty straight forward repair except that most people do not realize where the flasher is at. Both the hazard and … Continue reading “1996 GMC Sonoma, Turn Signals Inop, Changing The Turn Signal Flasher”