2005 Corvette Electrical Issue
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2005 Corvette Electrical Issue
I've had my vette since 2008 with almost no problems at all. Lately while driving down the road the car will pop all errors up. Will light up like a Christmas tree.
I can stop the car and turn it off and back on, and only the little yellow lock icon will still be on in the car. My car won't recognize the FOBs at times either.
I replaced the car battery. The dealer replaced the batteries in the FOBs (that was worthless for $100).
I have the same issue as this one:
http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2005/.../10807204.aspx
Does anyone have the same problem?
I can stop the car and turn it off and back on, and only the little yellow lock icon will still be on in the car. My car won't recognize the FOBs at times either.
I replaced the car battery. The dealer replaced the batteries in the FOBs (that was worthless for $100).
I have the same issue as this one:
http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2005/.../10807204.aspx
Does anyone have the same problem?
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Melting Slicks
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The starter solenoid have a habit of cracking with age and causing all kinds of electrical gremlins.
Last edited by extrapilot; Jan 28, 2016 at 04:21 PM.
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You should also check the large blue connectors in the passenger foot-well.
Take them apart and clean with a contact cleaner spray, add some dielectric grease then re-seat them making sure the connections are secure.
Occasionally a passenger pushing on the floor board can cause these to become intermittent.
Take them apart and clean with a contact cleaner spray, add some dielectric grease then re-seat them making sure the connections are secure.
Occasionally a passenger pushing on the floor board can cause these to become intermittent.
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Passenger foot well connectors was my first thought as well.
Check out this thread:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-gremlin.html
I hope its that simple of a fix.
Check out this thread:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-gremlin.html
I hope its that simple of a fix.
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Passenger foot well connectors was my first thought as well.
Check out this thread:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-gremlin.html
I hope its that simple of a fix.
Check out this thread:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-gremlin.html
I hope its that simple of a fix.
Me too...
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May want to check this first, as others have posted, the likely problem.
Swing back the lever on top of the blue connector plugs to remove and check that all the small pins are visible and not pushed back in the plug.
Clean with electrical contact cleaner, let dry and re-assemble, confirming the plug goes all the way into the BCM unit.
Swing back the lever on top of the blue connector plugs to remove and check that all the small pins are visible and not pushed back in the plug.
Clean with electrical contact cleaner, let dry and re-assemble, confirming the plug goes all the way into the BCM unit.
Last edited by extrapilot; Jan 29, 2016 at 08:24 AM.
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Thanks for all the posts. I've been riding my motorcycle lately. What I've tried so far: Cleaned the blue connectors. Bought a Xtool U581, but no error codes are displaying and no error codes to clear. Live data looks good. Maybe cleaning the blue connectors worked.
Last edited by TXBossJ; Feb 2, 2016 at 09:36 PM.