Random electrical failure while idling
I put combs back on and went to change battery. Unfortunately even though battery was reading good voltage, car was unable to start on it and the car itself was reading almost 1,6v lower than was my measurement on the battery outside of it. So I put back the old one and noticed, that the car is again reading lower voltage than was my reading of it outside of the car. But it started ok as usually, I left car idling for a while and to my surprise no error appeard. So I turned on radio and still everything was ok ! Earlier using radio was 100% way to crash things. So then I used everything in the car I could (except tc switch, which never worked but thats another thread), every combination I could think of and still nothing, everything was working completly fine ! I dont understand why sometimes it is like everything is okay but most times it goes crazy. It could not be lose connectors on battery, they were tight before and this time I just put them on without tightening...
I will give it a proper ride later this week, but I am starting to thing that this car truly came alive and wants me to became insane because it isnt a first time something weird happened just to being somehow fixed by itself without doing anything... but I doubt that this time it will remain ok.
So I let card idle and took off just one comb, from the bottom pack with less wires, which I also pictured post above and was showed in the video from you, C5 Diag. Wish I had done this earlier and not always remove both combs at once while car was off, because guess what, everything went back to normal, no extra dic error codes besides old ones, no abs/tcs warning light, gauges working, radio working and etc. ! (btw. DLC pin 2 was then remeasured for 0,5v.) Not sure if the pack is related to the anti theft system too, but my car doesnt care about it anyway, as showed in my video earlier.
Soo, if this isnt another stupid prank on me by the car. We might very well have suspects ? My wires colors doesnt match diagram seems like. But count and placement of them might be right when check againts that no start no crank video. So the suspects are Driver seat control module, Driver door control module, Passenger door control module and in instructional video it was Passenger seat module (but mine should be 2001 model and I dont see that module on 01 diagram) I think it might be the pin K, I have read small voltage on it before and during rain water often leaks arround side windows down to seats/carpet. So it might got also into where it definitely shouldnt be. Also I had problems with drivers lumbar year ago, I think I just pulled fuse for that. I will have to thoroughly test and check all of those things, because of colors not matching so rest might not be accurate too, but hopefully I might be finally close to solving this mystery.
Last edited by xlst; Apr 6, 2023 at 05:11 PM. Reason: typo and news
Definitely NOT 100% that the ignition switch is the cause without first doing some testing. Here is a link to a thread about testing the ignition switch:
diagnosis
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1568186703-post64.html
If the voltage measured at the fuses indicated in the link are more than about 0.2 or 0.3 volts less than the voltage measured across the battery posts using a digital multi meter then the ignition switch is the prime suspect. If the voltages are nearer the battery voltage then the problem is most likely due to poor grounds or corrosion on the star connectors in the passenger footwell:









