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Old May 12, 2016 | 10:24 AM
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A few days ago, as I was putting my 98 vert to bed, I was hooking up the battery maintainer when suddenly the drivers and passenger door windows roll down.....the same way when I push the button to open the back hatch for the top to go down. I rolled them back up and they are STILL up. Weird....Anyone else heard of this??
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Old May 12, 2016 | 10:35 AM
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Do you happen to have a Window Valet installed on the car? It would be hooked up to the OBD port under the driver's side dash. If not, then yes, that is weird.
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Old May 12, 2016 | 11:11 AM
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My first thought was the same as Jack's, Window Valet. Have you checked your battery terminals for corrosion, and the grounds lately?
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C5 gremlins... little buggers... we use holy water in radiator to help keep them at bay...
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That can happen when the BCM has issues. Seen it before. Let us know if it happens again. It can happen normally in the "sleep" cycle which sounds like it was in when you hooked up the maintainer.


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C5 gremlins... little buggers... we use holy water in radiator to help keep them at bay...
holy water can't work the Devil loves it Hot ?????
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Old May 17, 2016 | 03:36 PM
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That can happen when the BCM has issues. Seen it before. Let us know if it happens again. It can happen normally in the "sleep" cycle which sounds like it was in when you hooked up the maintainer.


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OK Thanks.......but whats a BCM???
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Do you happen to have a Window Valet installed on the car? It would be hooked up to the OBD port under the driver's side dash. If not, then yes, that is weird.
OBD Port???? And what would this window valet look like???
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BCM is the Body Control Module. It controls the sleep mode of the car and a whole lot more.


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Originally Posted by BSenzina
A few days ago, as I was putting my 98 vert to bed, I was hooking up the battery maintainer when suddenly the drivers and passenger door windows roll down.....the same way when I push the button to open the back hatch for the top to go down. I rolled them back up and they are STILL up. Weird....Anyone else heard of this??
It's quite obvious that your garage has been built on top on an Indian graveyard and that you have disturbed the spirits therein and they are letting you know they are not happy.
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