electrical problems
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From: hamilton, Ohio
electrical problems I did a cam swap no long ago and since then my tsc switch won't work right some of the time. Some of the time the tsc will be off and I can't turn it on. Or some times it will be on and the switch won't turn it off. Also my rear defroster button is acting up along with my driver side seat adjusters. I can turn on the defroster it stays on for a short while but goes off and then I can't get it to turn back on for a while. And usually when this happens I can't adjust my seat either. Is this problem something with the cam swap and tuning of the computer or is more likely that when we were installing and putting everything back together that we pinched a wire and it is causing a short. HELP.
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Any luck? I had some electrical gremlins after installing a tranny gauge. Everything seems ok except I'm having the same problems with the rear defroster and the seat adjustments that you are. I haven't checked out the TCS switch to know if that's working properly or not.
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I was doing some research on here after finding your post.
I still don't have any idea about the TCS switch...but as far as the defroster and seat controls. There's two fuses which control the rear defrost. One is also tied into the seat controls. It's not a normal type fuse, it's most like a circuit breaker so it will trip instead of totally blow, but apparently it goes bad pretty easily. (In the fuse panel inside the car, it's the top silver one on the right hand side.) Most people replaced that and their problem was solved. Some replaced it with a regular fuse, others bought the circuit breaker type. I just went ahead and bought the circuit breaker type...there isn't that much difference in price.
From the posts I saw, people were saying if the fuse didn't solve the problem, then it's a problem in the wiring, maybe a ground wire that's touching or a wire that got rubbed through...something. Anyways, I tried replacing the fuse, didn't help, so now there's going to be some fun tracing of wires going on....ugg...
I still don't have any idea about the TCS switch...but as far as the defroster and seat controls. There's two fuses which control the rear defrost. One is also tied into the seat controls. It's not a normal type fuse, it's most like a circuit breaker so it will trip instead of totally blow, but apparently it goes bad pretty easily. (In the fuse panel inside the car, it's the top silver one on the right hand side.) Most people replaced that and their problem was solved. Some replaced it with a regular fuse, others bought the circuit breaker type. I just went ahead and bought the circuit breaker type...there isn't that much difference in price.
From the posts I saw, people were saying if the fuse didn't solve the problem, then it's a problem in the wiring, maybe a ground wire that's touching or a wire that got rubbed through...something. Anyways, I tried replacing the fuse, didn't help, so now there's going to be some fun tracing of wires going on....ugg...
