Anyone own a 928 with out at least one Electrical Gremlin
06-29-2005 | 02:32 AM
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Is this considered a gremlin?
No A/C (broken wire and maybe more)
No cruise (acts as instant WOT)
passenger window quit before I disconnected it
No oil pressure guage (broken and shorted wire)
All guages and dash lights intermittant
Intermittant starting (corrosion and probably bad battery)
Delayed starting (when it does decide to start)
No remote hatch (electric related although the electric part seems to work)
Rear defrost doesn't turn off until battery is dead
On the plus side, all exterior lights work and the electric seats work.
No A/C (broken wire and maybe more)
No cruise (acts as instant WOT)
passenger window quit before I disconnected it
No oil pressure guage (broken and shorted wire)
All guages and dash lights intermittant
Intermittant starting (corrosion and probably bad battery)
Delayed starting (when it does decide to start)
No remote hatch (electric related although the electric part seems to work)
Rear defrost doesn't turn off until battery is dead
On the plus side, all exterior lights work and the electric seats work.
Last edited by FlyingDog; 06-29-2005 at 02:35 AM. Reason: wrong pic
06-29-2005 | 02:48 AM
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Matt,
Looking at that Photo I'd say you might have just a small gremlin - just a baby one maybe?
For myself - I have had times when I have only had 1 gremlin, sometimes more but never zero in 5 years of ownership.
But!! - I think I have figured out (but not yet fixed) my long term gremlin.
My drivers mirror moves only 2 ways. Up AND Right or Down AND Left. The passenger side is fine. My mirror memory is very confused on the drivers side - just hunts back & forth. I have figured out I have a broken connection (OC) somewhere in the door - it explains everything - just got to take it apart (again!) and find it. So I'm looking forward to being gremlin free sometime soon - right now its my only issue (fingers crossed...)
Alan
Looking at that Photo I'd say you might have just a small gremlin - just a baby one maybe?
For myself - I have had times when I have only had 1 gremlin, sometimes more but never zero in 5 years of ownership.
But!! - I think I have figured out (but not yet fixed) my long term gremlin.
My drivers mirror moves only 2 ways. Up AND Right or Down AND Left. The passenger side is fine. My mirror memory is very confused on the drivers side - just hunts back & forth. I have figured out I have a broken connection (OC) somewhere in the door - it explains everything - just got to take it apart (again!) and find it. So I'm looking forward to being gremlin free sometime soon - right now its my only issue (fingers crossed...)
Alan
06-29-2005 | 10:10 AM
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I have just a couple in my OB:
1. My interior lights never come on when the doors open. They work in manual mode when I turn them on myself. (I have been scratching my head for some time with that one).
2. A/C no workee. (probably not electrical, but not sure yet)
3. My mirror switch seems to work in bizzarro world. (push up, the mirror goes left, push down mirror goes right...it takes me forever to adjust the mirrors because I always forget which way is which)
4. Volt Meter needle jumps all over the place when the blinker is on or I step on the brakes. Oh yeah, and it ALWAYS reads low. Makes me crazy!
1. My interior lights never come on when the doors open. They work in manual mode when I turn them on myself. (I have been scratching my head for some time with that one).
2. A/C no workee. (probably not electrical, but not sure yet)
3. My mirror switch seems to work in bizzarro world. (push up, the mirror goes left, push down mirror goes right...it takes me forever to adjust the mirrors because I always forget which way is which)
4. Volt Meter needle jumps all over the place when the blinker is on or I step on the brakes. Oh yeah, and it ALWAYS reads low. Makes me crazy!
06-29-2005 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Garth S
With fingers crossed and knocking on wood for good measure, he says " the S4 is and has been without electrical fault - and the '80 needs the cruise box fixed. In past, only one relay has failed on the '80, and one alternator rebuild"..... basically, bulletproof!
06-29-2005 | 12:28 PM
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Brian
Interesting about your lights....all of mine work, except for the trunk light...it will turn on if you turn it on manually...but it will not turn on with the other lights when it is set to door open mode, BUT all the other lights come on if you open the trunk (so the switch is good?)..I'm guessing replacing the whole light assembly should fix it
Joe
Damm vaccuum acutators....I need to replaced two (comb flap and recirc)
My car has an occasional antilock warning...but not very often? Its weird?
Brian
Interesting about your lights....all of mine work, except for the trunk light...it will turn on if you turn it on manually...but it will not turn on with the other lights when it is set to door open mode, BUT all the other lights come on if you open the trunk (so the switch is good?)..I'm guessing replacing the whole light assembly should fix it
Joe
Damm vaccuum acutators....I need to replaced two (comb flap and recirc)
My car has an occasional antilock warning...but not very often? Its weird?
Brian
06-29-2005 | 08:07 PM
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I have an intermittend brake pad warning. I think that's the first ever electrical issue I have experienced on my sharks...
Oh, wait, my first shark: Someone had put in a stereo with a big amplifier. If I'd run the radio for a few minues with the engine off, the battery was drained... not the shark's fault, though.
Oh, wait, my first shark: Someone had put in a stereo with a big amplifier. If I'd run the radio for a few minues with the engine off, the battery was drained... not the shark's fault, though.
