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Old Oct 13, 2017 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
Read this thread and pay specific attention to the black 6 pin connector in the 5th picture and the deformed pins. It is MOST LIKELY the cause of your symptoms:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-there-is.html
I had the active handling abs message and you led me in the right place pins were deformed. I fixed per your instructions and all is good . I would do what you say
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Old Oct 13, 2017 | 03:46 PM
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I assume the black connector in pict 5 is the one above the blue connector in the previous picture? Drivers side only or both sides?
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Old Oct 14, 2017 | 05:54 PM
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Thanks. This seems to have worked, the car started anyway with a jump.

Do the pins just pull out? I'd like to get a better contact by flaring them out. I tried going down from the back with a probe but that didn't work.

Thank you very much for your help!
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Old Oct 14, 2017 | 06:17 PM
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should be 13 volts plus
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Old Oct 16, 2017 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
Read this thread and pay specific attention to the black 6 pin connector in the 5th picture and the deformed pins. It is MOST LIKELY the cause of your symptoms:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...-there-is.html
I'm having the same problems as Jake The Snake except I know my issue is coming from the driver's side buttons cluster as I replaced it about two months ago and began having this issue. Thought it was just not connected well but then a month later it did it again yesterday.

What 5th pic are you referring to? I only see one picture on that thread.
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Old Oct 16, 2017 | 07:34 PM
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When I initially looked at the thread, there was only one picture.
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Old Oct 17, 2017 | 09:33 AM
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8Vette7, thanks again for your help. The car has been working but I will open both connectors up again and try to make the connections better. When I worked on the car on Saturday it was in my office parking lot and had been snowing most of the morning, not the best conditions. The car is scheduled to go into winter storage on the 28th, weather permitting.

I still would like to know if the wires will pull out the back of the connector to straighten the contacts or just replace the connector?
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