PLEASE HELP: Headlights Won't Work!!!
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Racer
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From: Chicago, IL, USA
PLEASE HELP: Headlights Won't Work!!!
My car started to die quite often several weeks ago, even while it was in motion. I didn't know if it was the battery or not and sure enough the battery I bought from Murray's happened to have a bad cell. One of the problems I had while using the old battery was after disconnecting and connecting it once before, the headlight motors kept clicking as if the headlight wanted to come up but they wouldn't; this was when the car was not running too. I tried starting the car and turning it off but the problem still persisted and when I tried to turn the headlights on they wouldnt pop up. I thought maybe the fuses were blown but those checked out fine.
After getting a new replacement battery, I thought that might've corrected the problem, but to no avail the problem still continues. Does anybody know what this could be. The same thing happened before when my old battery died too and a simple replacement corrected the problem. Is there something else I'm missing? PLEASE HELP.
After getting a new replacement battery, I thought that might've corrected the problem, but to no avail the problem still continues. Does anybody know what this could be. The same thing happened before when my old battery died too and a simple replacement corrected the problem. Is there something else I'm missing? PLEASE HELP.
Safety Car
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I may be way off base here but would check the ground wires from the battery. It's a place to start anyway....you really need to have sound ground connections for things to work right with all the elctronics today. Just a minor glitch will send your loving ride into the abyss of electrical gremlin hell.
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Racer
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So I checked the computer codes and here's what popped up. The codes do all have the letter H before them so that should mean they're historical problems.
P1539 A/C Clutch Status Circuit High Volt
B0432 Rear Defogger Relay Circuit
2224 RT Mirror Select Switch Fault
2252 Key Cylinder Switch Fault
2282 Battery #1 Fault
2284 Battery #2 Fault
2276 Door Lock Motor/Mirror Heater Fix
U1064 Loss of Communication w/ BCM
U1016 Loss of Communication w/ PCM
0432 Rear Defogger Relay Circuit
2483 Backup Lamp Relay Circuit
2578 RF Turn Signal Monitor Circuit (Short to Voltage)
2583 LF Turn Signal Monitor Circuit (Short to Voltage)
2593 ?
2283 Battery #1 Fault
2287 +5 Reference Fault
2285 Battery #2 Fault
085 Battery 1 Out of Range
P1539 A/C Clutch Status Circuit High Volt
B0432 Rear Defogger Relay Circuit
2224 RT Mirror Select Switch Fault
2252 Key Cylinder Switch Fault
2282 Battery #1 Fault
2284 Battery #2 Fault
2276 Door Lock Motor/Mirror Heater Fix
U1064 Loss of Communication w/ BCM
U1016 Loss of Communication w/ PCM
0432 Rear Defogger Relay Circuit
2483 Backup Lamp Relay Circuit
2578 RF Turn Signal Monitor Circuit (Short to Voltage)
2583 LF Turn Signal Monitor Circuit (Short to Voltage)
2593 ?
2283 Battery #1 Fault
2287 +5 Reference Fault
2285 Battery #2 Fault
085 Battery 1 Out of Range
Last edited by gaww; Jul 31, 2005 at 12:36 AM.
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Racer
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Well, it seems that the issue was mainly corroded grounding points. However, I have a new problem: the bolt behind the driver side headlight that has one grounding wire along with another module of wires connected to it broke off while i was tightening the bolt. Now, how the hell do I fix the broken bolt? It's screwed into the actual chassis beam. Is there some type of super automotive conductive glue that I can use to glue back the two pieces? Please advise.
