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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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I'm getting tired of all the problems we've been seeing with GM's K Harness reliability. Does anyone have an extra K Harness that they could ship to me? Preferably one that has failed would be best. I'll pay shipping. I'd like to do a little design analysis to see what they did and why they fail so much. Something GM should be doing to solve their POS quality problems.
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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John,

I believe that it is obvious that the relay is at fault 99% of the time.

All I did was jumper the relay (Thanks again!) and haven't had a hint of trouble since.

I bet you could get several harnesses from your local dealer mechanic!
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still looking...come on guys, help me out.
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Most of the defective harnesses will be at the dealers since they are the mechanics, and not the owners, who are replacing defective ones. I'd contact the dealer, but good luck trying to get them to cough one up.
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??? What is a K harness and it's function? Where is it located in the car? What's the failure mode? Tom
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??? What is a K harness and it's function? Where is it located in the car? What's the failure mode? Tom
Part for GM Recall for column lock issues (latest recall is 4006C). It's located between the steering Column Lock actuator and the original wiring harness.

CLB is the way to go!
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What do you want to bet that no dealer is going to cough one of these K Harnesses up? I'll contact Richie Rich from the Fairfield Chevy dealer and see if he can snag one for me. Thanks folks.
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