cars dead thinking electrical
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 59
Likes: 0
cars dead thinking electrical I was driving my 94 z28 home from work tonight and slowed down to go over a speed bump when the car died I smelled something strange I think it might have been electrical the gauge cluster is completely dead no light and the needles are not working the horn doesn't work and obviously the engine doesn't do anything but everything else electrical is working
I'm completely lost on what caused this and where to start I'm thinking steering colunm... any ideas?
I'm completely lost on what caused this and where to start I'm thinking steering colunm... any ideas?
TECH Veteran
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,147
Likes: 62
From: Little Rock, AR
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 59
Likes: 0
I'll check the battery but don't think that's the issue because everything else electrical is working and that wouldn't explain the gauge panel not working but of course I will check it to make sure
No I pushed it home lucky it waited till I was just around the corner to die
I was kinda thinking that it might have something to do with the ignition switch also
No I pushed it home lucky it waited till I was just around the corner to die
I was kinda thinking that it might have something to do with the ignition switch also
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
TECH Veteran
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,147
Likes: 62
From: Little Rock, AR
All you have to do is test for voltage on fuses that are powered when the ignition switch is turned on. If they don't have power, it's probably switch related. Non-switched powered fuses will have power all the time. Do some testing to get it figured out.