A couple or see weeks ago, my started to start when the key was turned to the "Run" position. Though it was the switch going bad. Bought a new one and still the same issue. Then the headlights started flashing on there own and finally just staying, without the key in the ignition.
I pulled the cover off the underhood fuse box to pull the headlight fuse and noticed the the top of the fuse box was wet. We had just had some heavy downpours a few days prior, but how did the water get in there? Then I got a whiff of animal smell. Freakin' mice pissed on my fuse box! So I pulled the fuse box shroud off and low-n-behold.....
Underneath that nest were a couple chewed through wires. I soldered the wires back together and though I was golden. Nope, still had ignition/headlight issues. I did more troubleshooting and found that the + was shorting with the headlight relay. I pulled the fuse box out and sprayed it with contact cleaner, blew it out, and still no good. Even threw it in the ultrasonic cleaner. Figured I had nothing to loose and thought I'd try to pull apart the fuse box to see what was going on. Needless to say, I ended up going to the junkyard to find a used one. There's a lot more going on in those fuse boxes than you would think. No way I was getting this back together...
I pulled the cover off the underhood fuse box to pull the headlight fuse and noticed the the top of the fuse box was wet. We had just had some heavy downpours a few days prior, but how did the water get in there? Then I got a whiff of animal smell. Freakin' mice pissed on my fuse box! So I pulled the fuse box shroud off and low-n-behold.....
Underneath that nest were a couple chewed through wires. I soldered the wires back together and though I was golden. Nope, still had ignition/headlight issues. I did more troubleshooting and found that the + was shorting with the headlight relay. I pulled the fuse box out and sprayed it with contact cleaner, blew it out, and still no good. Even threw it in the ultrasonic cleaner. Figured I had nothing to loose and thought I'd try to pull apart the fuse box to see what was going on. Needless to say, I ended up going to the junkyard to find a used one. There's a lot more going on in those fuse boxes than you would think. No way I was getting this back together...