alright... so here's my issue... first off i have a 2001 sunfire... and it all started last night... lol
whenever i turn on my car, the DRLs (gauge light and actual lights) flicker on and off for a few seconds, then they all turn off and the "SERVICE" light appears on my cluster... any idea what's going on?
please help asap!
Couple Options:
1- Have you done the DRL disable? If so, check your ground. I was having the same issue with mine and it was just poorly grounded.
2- If no DRL disable, check your lights one might be burnt-out.
3- if it's burnt-out/ not working, check the plug that you put the light into. Before i did the disable, i had a problem where my driver-side light kept going on me.... I would just replace it. By the 3rd time in just as many months, I got a little worried. I inspected the light plug and it was fried. Had to replace the whole darn thing.
4- If none of the above...... Not a clue.
well... the lights work when i turn them on... just not the daytime-running lights...
what do you mean by the DRL disable/ground? sorry i just don't really know much about this... thanks for everything so far though
bump... come on guys i know someone knows what i'm talking about!
I had that same problem when I did the DRL disable. That happened because I was stupid and ground the wrong end of the wire. I then got the bright idea to ground the other wire, problem was fixed. In other words it maybe the ground for you DRL's that went bad. I would just do the DRL disable and call it a day.
look at top of this forum for help on the drl disable, its mad easy
1/2 wrenches out out 10
check your high beam lights
Alright we will bring this back from the dead instead of starting my own. I have the same issues described here except my highbeams don't work. Also if I don't let the car warm up the headlights turn off what I use my blinker. should I be looking into just the harness being the issue or is there something else going on here?
I would also like to point out that I have replaced the relay and the switch.
I'm trying to chase down the same issue. At this point, my research points towards ground G102, located under the battery tray. Apparently common, corrosion from battery leakage can cause issues with this grounding point.
Might also be the GM Splices in the headlight harness, there will be a few splices (1 wire in to 2 wires) that gm used a metal crimper and wraped it with some sort of tape I just fixed mine and it was doing the same thing basically disconect the headlight harness from the car, remove tape and loom to find the splices,remove the metal crimps and fix with solder and heatshrink, Tape back up don't for get to screw the ground back on.
Sunfireman2007 wrote:Might also be the GM Splices in the headlight harness, there will be a few splices (1 wire in to 2 wires) that gm used a metal crimper and wraped it with some sort of tape I just fixed mine and it was doing the same thing basically disconect the headlight harness from the car, remove tape and loom to find the splices,remove the metal crimps and fix with solder and heatshrink, Tape back up don't for get to screw the ground back on.
They used the same style crimp connector for all the grounds in the injector harness on the ecos. Ask me now I know -__-
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They used the same style crimp connector for all the grounds in the injector harness on the ecos. Ask me now I know -__-
Good to know
time to do that to my eco injector harness so it don't happen to me to.
Should a thread be made that lists all of the common little things one should check like the splices in the injector harness or the ground under the battery?
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