semlin
curmudgeon
OK, has anyone serviced their ignition wiring? How many bananas? My ignition is going a little weird on me. First off, out of the blue about 2 weeks ago it started making a rapid chiming (b-b-b-beep) when I took the key out. This is not the slower beeping of door open alarm, but another noise I have never heard before. Maybe a 'key in the ignition' alarm that had never gone off before? Anyway, whatever it is supposed to be it came on when I removed the key from the ignition even though the door was closed and the lights were off. It did this for about 3 days then stopped.
Fast forward to this weekend and I'm stuck in a ferry line up so I turn on the radio. In 'Acc' mode, the radio works but every 30 seconds or so this stupid beeping comes on. If I turn the key all the way to 'start' without turning the starter over it kills the beeping but now I have all the dash lights on, so I give in and turn off the radio and take the key out. Then my son starts playing with his power window even though the key is out. It works! I check and sure enough mine does too. I figure out that intermittently when I turn the ignition off and remove the key the windows still work, although the radio and other accessories do not. Anyway since then I randomly get the alarm going off when I pull the key. It stops after ten seconds, but I am worried that my ignition is leaving some accessories switched on which will kill my battery one day soon.
This may have something to do with my daytime running lights package or my alarm. I have a multitester, solder iron and FSM but I'm not sure if I want to dig in there or should turn an electrical specialist loose.
Fast forward to this weekend and I'm stuck in a ferry line up so I turn on the radio. In 'Acc' mode, the radio works but every 30 seconds or so this stupid beeping comes on. If I turn the key all the way to 'start' without turning the starter over it kills the beeping but now I have all the dash lights on, so I give in and turn off the radio and take the key out. Then my son starts playing with his power window even though the key is out. It works! I check and sure enough mine does too. I figure out that intermittently when I turn the ignition off and remove the key the windows still work, although the radio and other accessories do not. Anyway since then I randomly get the alarm going off when I pull the key. It stops after ten seconds, but I am worried that my ignition is leaving some accessories switched on which will kill my battery one day soon.
This may have something to do with my daytime running lights package or my alarm. I have a multitester, solder iron and FSM but I'm not sure if I want to dig in there or should turn an electrical specialist loose.