Mongo

I just came out to start my car up today after it sat for about 3 weeks with the battery disconnected. The car starts fine but none of the warning lights illuminate when I turn the car on. In fact the only light that illuminates is the antilock light. The central warning button and door lock lights on the console don't even light up! Wondering what is going on with this thing? Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Mongo

By the way, the dash lights come on fine so it is just the warning lights i.e. timing belt coolant, pad lights, etc. that do not function. I have checked the fuse for the warning lights and kickdown (fuse #10 5 amp) which is fine. The gauges fine work when I start the car.

Would a central warning brain failure cause this? If so, how could it have died when the battery was disconnected?

JHowell37

Check to make sure it's plugged in.

Mongo

True. The connector may have unseated. I will pull up the driver side footrest and look.

Mongo

Problem found. My aftermarket alarm had to be armed and disarmed to reactivate the warning lights on the cluster. Alarm equals bad news.

Mongo

Not working again.

It appears to be intermittent. Harness is plugged in properly to Central Warning System brain as well. What should I try next?

Mongo

Wow this is a tricky gremlin. I took it out for a spin today and a small wot run. I tapped my foot down on the foot rest and the central warning light with brake pad comes on!

Here is the not so good part.. my aftermarket alarm now does not power lock! Time to get this sucker out since it is killing my electrics! I bet the brain on it went bad during a one month stasis.