RocsMerc
12-20-2009, 02:12 PM
It seems like ever since my warranty expired, it's been one electrical issue after another. :mad2:
Here's my latest electrical issue with my Marauder. Whenever I turn on my windshield wipers, about 15 seconds later, (when the headlight's are supposed to turn on automatically) my headlights start to flash on and off with a loud relay clicking noise at about the same rate as a turn signal. Tic, Tock... Tic, Tock... This problem only occurs in daylight. At night it always functions perfectly. If I turn on my headlights manually while it's flashing, the headlights stay on solid and the relay ticking noise goes away. However, the dash back lighting continue to blink dim, bright, dim, bright at the same rate. Again, this behavior disappears at night.
Now to go into a little history with my car. About a year ago, I had the issue with the headlight relay failing in the LCM. I opened the LCM and soldered in a new relay, which fixed the issue. A few months after that, the relay that controlled the parking lights went bad. It was around this time I noticed the problem with the wipers/headlights, but I wasn't too concerned because I figured it was caused by the same problem. I reopened the LCM to fix it again, but this time I replaced all the remaining relays. After rebuilding my LCM completely, my parking light problem was fixed and all other LCM functions seem to function properly. (Turn signals, headlights, backup lights, interior lights, and such.) The very next rainy day, I discover that my wiper problem was still there, the one thing I forgot to test. I should probably also mention that around the beginning of the summer this year, I was having an issue with my wipers doing one swipe on their own every time I turned the key. This fixed its self after a week. I never did anything about it and haven't had a problem with that since.
Now my question is what do I need to replace??? I doubt it's anything to do with my LCM since I already replaced every relay in that damn thing! Is it my wiper motor? Can wacky wipers be resurfacing in some strange way? Is the unit that controls automating headlights with the wipers in the wiper motor? Can it be a problem with the unit that controls the auto headlamps at night since it only happens in daylight? I have no clue what to do? :help:
Here's my latest electrical issue with my Marauder. Whenever I turn on my windshield wipers, about 15 seconds later, (when the headlight's are supposed to turn on automatically) my headlights start to flash on and off with a loud relay clicking noise at about the same rate as a turn signal. Tic, Tock... Tic, Tock... This problem only occurs in daylight. At night it always functions perfectly. If I turn on my headlights manually while it's flashing, the headlights stay on solid and the relay ticking noise goes away. However, the dash back lighting continue to blink dim, bright, dim, bright at the same rate. Again, this behavior disappears at night.
Now to go into a little history with my car. About a year ago, I had the issue with the headlight relay failing in the LCM. I opened the LCM and soldered in a new relay, which fixed the issue. A few months after that, the relay that controlled the parking lights went bad. It was around this time I noticed the problem with the wipers/headlights, but I wasn't too concerned because I figured it was caused by the same problem. I reopened the LCM to fix it again, but this time I replaced all the remaining relays. After rebuilding my LCM completely, my parking light problem was fixed and all other LCM functions seem to function properly. (Turn signals, headlights, backup lights, interior lights, and such.) The very next rainy day, I discover that my wiper problem was still there, the one thing I forgot to test. I should probably also mention that around the beginning of the summer this year, I was having an issue with my wipers doing one swipe on their own every time I turned the key. This fixed its self after a week. I never did anything about it and haven't had a problem with that since.
Now my question is what do I need to replace??? I doubt it's anything to do with my LCM since I already replaced every relay in that damn thing! Is it my wiper motor? Can wacky wipers be resurfacing in some strange way? Is the unit that controls automating headlights with the wipers in the wiper motor? Can it be a problem with the unit that controls the auto headlamps at night since it only happens in daylight? I have no clue what to do? :help: