The wipers work fine except that they park with the wiper blades up, including while they are paused in delay mode. The problem is generally caused by a faulty mechanical park mechanism. and it has been my experience in the southeastern USA that leaves are the culprit. You will see in the following pictures. Let’s … Continue reading “1993 Mercury Grand Marquis,Wipers Do Not Park Properly”
A customer friend called and asked if I knew a trick to changing the serpentine belt on his car. I told him to bring it by and we would look at it. The belt is inter weaved with the front engine mount and we found it requires removal of a spacer . The spacer is … Continue reading “1999 Pontiac Bonneville, Changing The Serpentine Belt”
This van came in with a complaint of the starter only clicks when trying to crank ,sometimes. In checking out the problem I noticed that when it did crank it cranked normally. I went to the starter and checked signals. The battery cable to the starter had 12 volts at all times, normal. The “S” … Continue reading “Intermittent Starter Operation 2002 GMC Savana Van”
Customer complaint of no stoplights or cruise control with park lights on. This repair applies to both Chevrolet Express vans and GMC Savanah vans from 1996 thru at least 2002. For replacement sockets please visit The Electric Connection Online Store or contact us by email at info@the-electric-connection.com The first picture shows the stoplight on without … Continue reading “2002 Chevrolet Express Van Stoplights Inop / Erratic”
Boys and Girls this is why you do not install a higher rated fuse, jump a fuse with a piece of wire or wrap a fuse with tin foil. This vehicle had a very minor problem of the tail light fuse blowing and it escalated into a several thousand dollar repair because the owner or … Continue reading “2000 Maxima Blows The Tail Light Fuse”
This 2003 Ford Explorer came in with several complaints; the door ajar light stays on with the doors closed and the engine running, the dome and puddle lights stay on for ten minutes after exiting the vehicle, when locking the doors the doors will lock then unlock on their own and the alarm will go … Continue reading “2003 Ford Explorer Door Ajar Light Stays On”
1999 Lexus ES 300 was towed to the shop after an owner had removed the upper intake assembly in order to install new knock sensors. The engine now does not run at all. It took a good bit of checking and searching but in the end the problem was very simple. Here are the symptoms: … Continue reading “1999 Lexus ES 300 No Run Condition”