m4xwellmurd3r Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I think the antenna motor thing shorted out a circuit on my car, because it won't start. turn the key to acc, i have voltage, turn ANYTHING on volts drop to nothing, turn to ON and i get a buzzing from a relay under the dash, if i unplug the battery for a bit, plug it in, and turn to acc, it's fine, turn on, it's fine. try to start, i get a click then the buzzing. I looked under there, and there was a black and blue wire grounded to the relay in question. the black wire looked like it had been burned (but there was never any smoke, heat, or smell, the wire must've been there in the past) any idea how i can fix it.... it's only after i try to start (after clearing the system by unplugging it) that i get the buzzing. everything works up until the start position. from the looks of the diagram, a ground wire shorted near the ignition relay. there were what looks like 2 relays attached on one mounting point, the big ignition, and a smaller one. but what's the BLUE wire for that was grounded to them with the black? I cut away a little bit of the harness, and found this. the black wire was melted up untill the wire going TO the relay, splits from 1 ground, to 3 ground. all the other wires are ok. i'm still not sure why it's like that. i belive the anntenna motor caused the short though. could it be the relay? (no fuses blown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 i cut off the bad wire in fear of it possibly causing problems. the wire i thoguht was blue, is brown, and comes out of the ignition relay, then grounds to it's self. the horn relay is also grounded using the same screw as the ignition relay. ignition relay sounds like a buzzing bee. if i disconnect battery, wait a tiny bit, hook it back up, i can go to the acc and on positions. if i go to start, i loose all power, and the relay starts to buzz again. before i start diving in and buying parts, does it sound like the relay is shot, and causing a short? or is it something more serious?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Sorry hybrid Z. I was so sure that it was the relay, that even though all my searches said check the grounds, i didn't I cleaned up my fuseable links and it's back to normal. I guess it had wiggled enough to stop working right. I'll bet that's why it's not running good right now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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