So about a year ago I tried doing the alarm buzzer mod. It seemed to work the way I had it wired for about 3 beeps or so, then it started to not work. The buzzer just stopped buzzing. I think I had the horn grounded to the chassis which caused some kind of short. Where do I look for this short?

It's very strange, turn signals work fine, but when the hazards go on they do not work, and the turn signals do not work at that time either of course.


Any suggestions?

 

Does it keep popping the 10A fuse?

 

Nope fuse is fine.

 

How about the relay? Lower row, third from right in the relay box in the right side of the engine bay.

 

Flasher relay, it's located under the dash.
I believe it controls both the hazards and the L/R flash.

 

on the subject of relays...is there a cigarette lighter relay? mine has been dead since i blew it out plugging an inverter and vacume into it and i cant fix it =(

no fuses are blown under the dash

 

There is no relay for the cigarette lighter. the 15 amp fuse (fuse #6 i think) goes straight to the cigarette lighter via an orange/blk stripe wire. i would pull out and check the lighter socket for over heated/burned connections on both the orange/blk wire and the black ground wire where they connect on to the lighter socket.

 

i already replaced the socket itself from a guenine nissan oem parts site online. the plug looks good. i put a volt meter on it though and there is no current.

 

Have not tried this one, but if its bad would it cause the turn signals to be bad too?

 

I tried and replaced this one, no workey still..



On a side note, Tom, I have some major creaking and crap in my suspension. I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Is this something you still can take a look at, and/or recommend what may need replaced? TIA.

 

im thinking BCM

 

Ya I guess I have to get in there and get the damn serial off of it... blah. I bought one before and it was the wrong one. Thanks for all responses so far fellas.

 

The full circuit is that the cigarette lighter fuse gets its power from the ignition switch when it is in the ACC or ON positions. so if you are not reading any voltage in the cigarette lighter when the ignition switch is in ACC or ON, then you will have to check wiring backwards from the cigarette lighter.

my fsm for my 97 does not show any connections in between the fuse and the lighter socket. what i would do is pull the cigarette lighter fuse out and measure for voltage in the fuse panel where the fuse goes. don't forget to turn on the ignition switch and check both fuse leg connections. with the fuse pulled out, there will only be voltage on one of the 2 legs.

if you have voltage, check the fuse for continuity with your meter. if the fuse is good and you have voltage on one side of the fuse socket, then my guess would be that you have a bad wire connection on the back of the fuse panel (the orange/blk stripe wire).

if you didn't get any voltage when checking the fuse panel, again i would suspect a bad connection to the fuse from the ignition switch.

 

Interesting.....

Sure, just schedule an appointment with me. 551-427-5157

 

I will give you a call one afternoon. Btw do you work on Saturdays? Atually in that case what are your hours?