Things that my car does: - Sometimes the doors lock by themselves. - Sometimes they lock when I use the fob, sometimes not. - The dome light stopped working for a while. Now it works. -The trunk won't open with the button on the door or the fob. - There's a check engine light and it feels like an injector isn't firing when I first start the car, but not always. - A/C blows when 4 fan blades are lit, not when 3 or less are lit. - Locks are sticky. Some lock but don't unlock. Is that the actuators or what? - Fancy clock will stop working somewhat randomly. It seems like maybe when the dash gets hot, but I dunno. Only the lock/unlock fob buttons work (sometimes), what are the other two? Where to start...
Pretty normal for a 1993, but an easy fix (under the dash on the driver's side). Read-up on and pick-up a later model blue label door lock timer as a replacement.
And maybe replace the headlight relay (under the driver's side front fender) too, if you haven't already done so, or wait for mysterious headlight behaviors.
Usually the trunk won't stay closed once it's opened electrically, so maybe someone has disconnected the electronic latch (which can be fixed by removing a few teeth on one "end" of the bigger/driven gear).
My dome light once had a bad connection to ground. Removing a little paint in the right place fixed that.
Even a broken clock displays the correct time twice a day, and deserves a bit of attention after 15 years of service.
How many miles on your injectors and what brand/octane rating fuel do you use? Pull some stored codes. And you don't mentioned any sun roof and Bose radio/antenna related issues.
Modified by GerryO at 10:44 AM 8/29/2008
1972 Datsun 240Z - non op since 1986 1987 Toyota MR2 - 199K+ and counting 1993 Infiniti J30t - 174K+ and counting 1997 Ford 150 - 87K and counting 2003 Saturn VUE - 112K and counting
Thanks for the help GerryO. My sunroof works, and I took care of the Bose already. The trunk worked when I got it, so I was thinking maybe the switch went bad or something, but I dunno, I'll have to actually check it out, I suppose. I don't know the mileage on the injectors. I replaced one of them a couple month ago, but that one was just out one day for good, none of this on-off business. I usually use 89 octane from BP, which is mid grade here. I figure if 89 is 'premium' in a lot of parts of the country, it's premium enough for WI, too.
Hmm 93 is premium here , 89 is Mid. But that wouldn't cause the electrical gremlins you have. As usual GerryO is dead on about the lock Timer. Quite common. If the trunk Doesn't open with the FOB then I wouldn't be so sure the switch on the door is bad.
Things that my car does: - Sometimes the doors lock by themselves. - Sometimes they lock when I use the fob, sometimes not. - The dome light stopped working for a while. Now it works. -The trunk won't open with the button on the door or the fob. - There's a check engine light and it feels like an injector isn't firing when I first start the car, but not always. - A/C blows when 4 fan blades are lit, not when 3 or less are lit. - Locks are sticky. Some lock but don't unlock. Is that the actuators or what? - Fancy clock will stop working somewhat randomly. It seems like maybe when the dash gets hot, but I dunno. Only the lock/unlock fob buttons work (sometimes), what are the other two? Where to start...
But you don't have the dimmer switch problem? Or the headlight relay problem?
Scott
2000 Ford Excursion XLT 4x4 V10 - 144k miles - stock for now 2000 Dodge Durango SLT 2wd 5.9L V8 - 105k miles, rebuilt tranny, 4.56:1 gears, added leaf springs, Bilstien HD shocks, Hawk SuperDuty front pads
1993 Ford F-250 SuperCab Long Bed 2wd 7.5L V8 - 139k miles - for sale 1994 Infiniti J30t - 204k miles - sold
I have to tap the dimmer switch once in a while, and the headlights have been fine. The trunk doesn't open with the fob or the button on the door, so I suppose it would makes sense that it could be something other than the door switch.
Well, I never even thought to check the glovebox switch for the trunk, since my key would open it. Turns out that's all it was. That's one problem down, I guess.
