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1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - Select acc's not working
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spongebue
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Dec 25, 2007, 2:55 AM
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1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - Select acc's not working
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Hi all,
I have a 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. Most of it works fine, but it seems like when the weather gets cold (that's just what I've noticed, it could be a coincidence) a few accessories no longer work. In this case, the radio, power locks, headlights, and probably a couple other things (I think hazard lights?) stop working. Once I drive the car a little bit, it starts working again. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Brian
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spongebue
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Dec 27, 2007, 1:20 AM
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Re: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - Select acc's not working
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Hi all,
I'm getting a bit more desperate here... I'm going on a huge trip (Minnesota to Texas/New Orleans) on 1/2, and am hoping to take this car. For that matter, I was also hoping to take it on a smaller one (MN to Western Wisconsin) on Thursday night or Friday (though I think I may take the bus on that one as a result of this ordeal)
I do, however, think I found out something that may help... in the past, this car had a sensor or something for the daytime running lights. As a result, the headlights would turn on as soon as I turned on the car. My dad thought this was the cause of the problem, and bypassed the DRL module so the headlights were controlled exclusively through the switch. All was fine, though we didn't have it going long (only been bypassed for a couple days) and didn't do too much nighttime driving.
Tonight, I was setting up my laptop mount in the car, with the laptop being charged through an inverter. The radio was off, though the clock display was running. I was about to drive off in a moment, so I turned the headlights on. As soon as I did that, the power locks stopped working, the inverter turned off (meaning the cigarette lighter thing is out when this happens, too) and the headlights never did turn on (not even a flicker, from what I saw)
So, with this happening, I think it's safe to assume that this whole issue is triggered by the headlights. Any thoughts of where exactly the issue could be?
Thanks again,
Brian
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Tom Greenleaf
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Dec 27, 2007, 1:34 AM
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Re: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - Select acc's not working
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I'm watching with little to add. What's with by-passing something for the DRL? If you don't want those to come on just pull the fuse for them,
T
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spongebue
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Dec 27, 2007, 11:35 PM
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I think we have the problem solved... my dad checked the wiring harness, and noticed this:
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He wiggled it, and things would start to work. Today, we went to the junkyard and got a new harness, then replaced the wires. I'm hoping that there isn't a short or anything that caused that (the wire there was nice and burnt, that part was replaced) but everything seems to be working fine now.
Thanks for trying,
Brian
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Tom Greenleaf
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Dec 28, 2007, 1:09 AM
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Re: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - Select acc's not working
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Brian,
Thank you for posting your findings with that. Sounds like you have it nailed,
T
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