electrical problem
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electrical problem
When I turn on my headlights. In the dash the left turnsignal stays on and doesn't blink when I try to use it. The right one works. The abs light comes on. Sometimes it has gone off when I use the left turn signal. And the cruise control doesn't work. No high beams either or emergency flashers. everything works when the headlights are off. I've tried replacing the headlight switch and turnsignal/emergency switch as well. Now I'm at a lose and am not looking forward to taking it to the dealer. My truck is a 97 f-250 h/d with a 460 and manuel
Last edited by bbc; May 28, 2006 at 05:42 PM.
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This sounds like multiple problems.
To get rid of the left turnsignal staying on with the headlights on, take the left front turnsignal bulb out and clean the socket and the bulb contacts. See if that goes away.
Your highbeams not working. You have a later model truck that probably has a fuse for these either under the dash or out under the hood in another fuse box.
Cruise control and abs. There are two directions we can go here. Does your horn buttons work in the steering wheel? If not, I would suspect the clockspring is bad in the behind the steering wheel. If the horn works, then it's possible your speed sensor may be going bad. Check to see if you have a sensor in the rearend housing. If this went bad, it would affect the cruise and the abs system.
To get rid of the left turnsignal staying on with the headlights on, take the left front turnsignal bulb out and clean the socket and the bulb contacts. See if that goes away.
Your highbeams not working. You have a later model truck that probably has a fuse for these either under the dash or out under the hood in another fuse box.
Cruise control and abs. There are two directions we can go here. Does your horn buttons work in the steering wheel? If not, I would suspect the clockspring is bad in the behind the steering wheel. If the horn works, then it's possible your speed sensor may be going bad. Check to see if you have a sensor in the rearend housing. If this went bad, it would affect the cruise and the abs system.
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Originally Posted by bbc
the thing that relates all these problems is that when I don't have the headlights on everything functions normally.
If you find some of these small ground wires melted, then that's a sign you may have had a large negative ground cable problem in the past, so the starter tried to use these smaller ground wires and burnt them up. Or sometimes the engine is changed out, and these little wires are forgotten and not hooked up.
