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Old Mar 26, 2020 | 07:28 PM
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Default 1997 Reduced Engine Power

Currently having some issues. 1997, the seats are not moving, the odometer does not show, and the windows do not work. Last time I drove long distance was about two hours and had the "reduced engine power" warning. What is wrong? What needs to be replaced? How much will it all cost?
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Are you able to see any trouble codes in the DIC in the cluster ?
If not you may have a corrupted/shorted serial line and you can try to remove the star connector to the seat/door modules
in order o locate if these problems are causing any of these issues .

These connectors are located on the left side of the body control module in the passenger footwell .
Remove ONLY the connector with four wires.

If you have a multimeter I upload some schematics if the above test not give any respons



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Also a Reduced Engine Power mode is normally set if you have error within the TAC system (TAC module, Accelerator Pedal Position Sensor or Throttle Position Sensor ) .
But this will normally set one or more DTC's on your Digital Information Center .

Also if you have ignition switch with defective contactsets due to long time wear you can have similar symptoms .

If you measure the voltage between battery positive terminal and Minifuse 18 ( point A or B) shown on the schematic below you shall not measure more then 0.1-0.2 volt
If the contactset of the ignition switch is burned due to "high current wear " over 30 years these contact sets can cause several volts drop over the contact sets .
This will result in too low voltage to the electronics supplied by the voltage from the igntionswitch and strange things start to happen .
If you measure this voltage with engine running and some current load to system(Lights/AC on) , this will show the voltag drop over the ignition switch better ( if the ignitionswitch is your problem).
Voltage drop equals to resistance x current (ohm's law)

Do these checks and report back .

If the problem is a faulty ignitionswitch these will cost only approx .USD 70 in parts






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