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Old 02-12-09, 10:16 PM
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Ok until my mechanic has time to properly diagnose the issue I thought I'd see if anyone else has had this issue. All my interior lights, head lights, tilt wheel, memory seats, and clock all stopped working at the same time. I have checked all the fuses, not just looked at them actuall used a test light, and replaced my integration relay and the interior fuse block as well since a few of the connectors were green. I'm at a loss here. Thinking it's a ground problem but it might just be previous owner's hack stereo wiring. But anyone else have had this same problem but the "Dome" fuse has power to both sides? Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!
Old 02-13-09, 07:01 AM
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weird that they would all stop working
if its getting power to the components and not returning, then definitely they would not work

here are the ground locations

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Old 03-10-09, 07:17 AM
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did you ever get the wiring fixed?
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Yes, let us know because i think i am having the same problem but with my climate control. I printed out the page and hope i can fix it. thank you so much for the page Saxxcs1!!!
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Sorry nothing to report yet been sick and dealing with my rear end. Replaced my whole interior fuse panel to no avail. I got the manual downloaded but they didn't keep it in the same order as in the real paper book so it's harder to navigate. Only reason I think it's a ground issue is when we took the cover off the headlight relay the ground was not switching. When we forced it to a ground the headlights worked fine. I will update when I can get this figured out.
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Integration Relay

Did you remove the driver-side wheel liner and then drive the car through wet/snowy conditions? preferrably on highway?

If so, water likely entered the boot in that well and slowly worked its way to the relay(green box), which controls all of that shtuffff.
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OR, did you install coilovers, and or Slam the car recently?
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Integration Relay

Did you remove the driver-side wheel liner and then drive the car through wet/snowy conditions? preferrably on highway?

If so, water likely entered the boot in that well and slowly worked its way to the relay(green box), which controls all of that shtuffff.
Well that explains the water leak into the cabin (car was punched in the nose previously and not fixed to the letter by previous owners) but no I replaced the integration relay along with the fuse block and still no go. I thought that was it too after reading through the wiring diagrams but alas not that simple
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if it's not the integration relay then iunno. I lost all those things due to water, getting to that green box was a pita, but i didn't want to spend the $ for a new box. Spent like $10 to get the board fixed once i got it out.


Check out the wiring diagram to see what all goes into the Steering Column ECU, maybe it somehow failed. . . ??
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Ok finally got this figured out. First of all accident repair should be done by professionals NOT some shady body shop. I didn't make this mistake but the previous owners did. So the nice important bundle of wires that runs in the fender above the tire should be secured well, it should not be repaired with electrical tape when the insulation gets wore off, you shouldn't cheap out and get balloon tires that are too tall and the fender plastic should always be kept on the car. Guess what happened lol. So yeah alot of solder, heat shrink, electrical tape, plastic wire bundling and zip ties and it's fixed CORRECTLY, not half assed like what the P/O did. Oh well what can you expect when you only pay $2650 and it has under 140,000 on it. Now on to the window cable issue
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