needing some help/advice

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s14derrick
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Recently I've started to run tinto some electrical problems. The windshield washer squirters. My fog lights. And today my power locks just stopped working out of nowhere within a month of one another.Checked relays and fuses. Checked bulbs. All good. I'm not sure why they just stopped working out of nowhere. Any ideas on what to check next?


zenkistic
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are you lowered? have you relocated your harness?

s14derrick
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Right now I'm lowered on springs. The harness isn't relocated yet. But I've checked the wiring and its pretty untouched. The plastic wire looming around the caleds is still intact and shows no signs of wear. The only spot on the fender liner is like a quarter sized hole from the tire rubbing on occasion

s14derrick
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Now that I get back in my car the switch started working again. At first it was locking but not un locking. Now its working fine. I'm worried .... lol

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poshatch
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yeah ive had random electrical stuff before, the only thing you can really do is to start from the source and work your way once direction down the harness to look for damage/bad connection/corrosion all the way to the relays and fuses, into your cabin and check that fuse box

if you dont find your answer there...then id suggest trying a different relay out to see if thats working properly or not but since you already did that

id say the next likely thing is a ground

s14derrick
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Yeah that's what I'm planning once it stops snowing here. Relocating and cheking the harness. Checking all the fuses and relays. I'm just confused because the locks and fog lights stopped out of nowhere. For the fogs I tried a dif relay. Checked the fuse and bulbs alla re good

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poshatch
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s14derrick wrote:Yeah that's what I'm planning once it stops snowing here. Relocating and cheking the harness. Checking all the fuses and relays. I'm just confused because the locks and fog lights stopped out of nowhere. For the fogs I tried a dif relay. Checked the fuse and bulbs alla re good
yeah man i shaved 3 wires off my harness before i reclocated it!!!

haha made my windsheild wipers go out and caused a fuse to blow, lol good luck


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