Odd electrical problem
#1
Odd electrical problem
Today, after the car sat in the Parkin lot for a few hours, the power windows and the fresh air blower did not work. After a short drive, they worked, but then stopped working again. All other electrics work: lights, radio etc, just not windows and fresh air blower.
Fuses are good.
Fuses are good.
#2
Wiggle the key and see if that makes a difference. On my 968 I had the same symptoms. It turns out the the spring inside the ignition did not pop the key back far enough after I started the car, and kept the blower and windows and headlights off until I manually moved the key back just a hair. (When you start the car, the ignition interrupts the windows, blower, and headlights, because they are the greatest draw on the battery, which needs 100% of it's power to crank the starter.)
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The only things I can think of, if it's not the ignition switch, is the ignition relay (which I don't know how to test other than borrowing another one) or there may be a loose or inadequate ground. There is a small possibility you may have a short that hasn't blown a fuse yet. You'd really have to stick your head under there and look at the harness and check the ground points near the fusebox, check all the relevant relays and connectors for the relevant wiring.
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Ignition switches can do plenty of strang things- when mine was bad, the windshields wipers randomly went on, and the radio would turn on and off- if you find that the things stop working when making a turn or going over a bump, and randomly do and do not work, it's probably ignition switch. Easiest thing you can do is take the ig. switch out and look at it, it takes 5 minutes to get it out and when you do it would obviously have cracks in the plastic. (I'm talking about an early car, somebody correct me if there is difference between generations)