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YOUR RESEARCHDash Lights On...Dash Lights Off
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only the electrical behavior - is just not true
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This - if the issue is only the electrical behavior - is just not true, but it's entirely possible the dealer legitimately believes it.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Don't want to drain the battery, so I have to disconnect the battery (and for goodness sake - don't close the trunk and lock the doors...it locks the hood release...).
Leading evidence: 'only the electrical behavior - is just not true' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'only the electrical behavior - is just not true' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Disconnect battery (and' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Don't want to drain the battery, so I have to disconnect the battery (and for goodness sake - don't close the trunk and lock the doors...it locks the hood release...).
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Next time instead of disconnecting the battery, try to remove and reinstall fuse B1 and see what happens.
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Disconnect battery (and
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Suggestion · Original poster
Don't want to drain the battery, so I have to disconnect the battery (and for goodness sake - don't close the trunk and lock the doors...it locks the hood release...).
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Then out of the blue....lock the doors and the dash lights are still on.....for several days....then out of the blue, go back to normal.
I have a vexing problem where 'on occasion', the dash lights will stay on even after the motor is off, key is out and doors are locked. Don't want to drain the battery, so I have to disconnect the battery (and for goodness sake - don't close the trunk and lock the doors...it locks the hood release...).
I figured it's got to be ignition switch, so changed it out. So you go along for a couple of weeks - all is good. Then out of the blue....lock the doors and the dash lights are still on.....for several days....then out of the blue, go back to normal.
I'm thinking it could be the steering wheel lock. Anybody have any other ideas??
Not the steering wheel lock - it's the electrical part of the ignition switch. Once it starts to get screwy, all sorts of crap like this happen.
This is the "$12 at Napa" switch that you see in bazillions of threads.
Yes, and it seems to fail repeatedly. I replaced mine about 18 months ago, and it's acting up again.
Is there a better quality replacement available that won't fail again so soon?
I replaced it with the part that Pelican sells -
http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/..._pg2.htm#item8
- for $28.50 3 years ago. It is still working fine.
Changed out the ignition switch recently, but it's still exhibiting the same behavior.
May try removing the steering wheel lock to see if that takes care of it.
When that happened, were the parking lights also ON?
Next time instead of disconnecting the battery, try to remove and reinstall fuse B1 and see what happens.
