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Old 02-01-04 | 10:30 PM
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does everyone else have these problems?

alright, these are just some problems that i was wondering if everyone else had.
1.intermittent dash lights, like the heater dial ones, and the clock.
2.high beams dont work and blinkers dont cancel
3. at really cold temps (like -20 to 0) the car doesnt like to acutally heat up to normal op. temp.
4. i cant really think of many other things that are wrong with my car, but i was just wondering if these were common problems, or its just my car
Old 02-02-04 | 01:13 AM
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Try changing the thermostat for the heating up problem, for the lights...you might have a fusible links related isssue or some bad wiring somewhere.
Old 02-02-04 | 04:00 AM
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The high beam and blinker problem are probably related to dirty contacts in the switch assembly. I had to take mine apart and clean the metal contacts inside when i got mine just to get the head lights to turn on.
Old 02-02-04 | 10:28 AM
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1. Yes the ventilation controls take about 15 mins to warm up once you push the button.

2. My high beams have a 3-10 second delay or don't work at all(appearently quite common most often fixed like erick said by cleaning the contacts)

So your not alone on these.
Old 02-02-04 | 10:34 AM
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the blinkers do not cancel on my se and the steering wheel pulls away from the colum. it is a common problem.
Old 02-02-04 | 10:49 AM
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There is a little plastic piece in the steering coloum(circular with two plastic spikes) that will turn the blinkers off when you turn past it.... the spikes commonly break, and it the cause of the blinker will not turn off when you turn back past that point...

The high beams seems like a bad contact in the steering coloum... take it apart and clean the contacts and see if that helps.

Billy
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