Electrical....

[macatoni]

This is posted in the TTA section but im just throwing it out to everyone cause im stumped,

So i went to the beach yesterday and when i got back to the car lots of things didnt work, such as The interior lights, radio, powerlocks, remote trunk popper. The windows roll up and the car runs, plus the headlights work. All fuses are perfect with no burnouts?

Now earlier that day i made some modification's to the rear hatch. I had bought a used hatch pull down motor but it quickly gave out within a few days. I then drilled my spare assembly without the motor so it would be a permenant fixture with no moving neccsarry. Well i left the following disconnected. The light for the trunk space area, the little metal contacts that i assume tells the car when the trunk is closed, the motor connectors and thats it. I had the relay still in and also the the remote popping thing hooked up and it worked. Could any of my connections grounded out causing this problem. I drove the car for a few weeks before with the connections out but the harnesses looked like they wouldnt let it ground out, not to mention its all carpet and not many places for it to ground out. Also last but not least, now when i push the button to pop the trunk the ebrake light goes on?

What did i do?

David

 

[441120]

ground

Check for good grounds. Pushing the hatch release and the E brake light goes on, sounds like it's back feeding through that circuit. Like the hatch release is using the E brake light for ground, get a schematic if you can.

 

[macatoni]

Found a Screw under the cigerate lighter that was grounding everything out, everthings good now except after all that now my rightside speaker is not working!!! I checked the remote hatch popper switch and i noticed if the hatch was popped then the ebrake light would iluminate when the button was pushed?


David