1991 Buick Park Avenue More weird GM electric problems!

1991 BUICK PARK AVENUE
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JOSHCURRY
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Electrical problem
1991 Buick Park Avenue 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic

I disconnected the negative battery terminal overnight hooked it back in the next day and noticed that the following happened..

- Power door locks don't work unless the door is closed or sometimes
when the door is closed they don't work unless the car is running

- The power mirrors are doing the same thing the door locks are doing.

- The power seats are doing the same thing the locks and mirror are doing.

- The power seats, mirrors and locks must be tied together somehow because if one works they all do.

- The 194/168 light on the drivers side floor doesn't work at all...
I changed the light bulb to see if that was the problem and still nothing

-I open the door and the dome lights don't work also they don't work from the sliding switch on the dash.
However if I push the buttons for each dome lights they will light up

All of this stuff worked before I disconnected the negative battery cable
Feb 23, 2010 at 1:44 PM
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I'd have to be sure, the battery connections are good on both ends. Then I'd check the fuse box, use testlite, check for voltage, circuit breaker number 4-- 30 amp, should be hot all the time. Circuit breaker 3 and 4, may be the same, you can look, swap them if they're the same. If no voltage on that circuit, I haven't found enough info to track the circuit?


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Feb 23, 2010 at 3:05 PM
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I forgot to mention the reason I took the negative battery cable off the side post was so I could replace the old connector to the side post on the negative cable. That is brand new and looks like it is installed right.
Feb 23, 2010 at 3:15 PM
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I checked current to all the fuses/circuit breakers and it all looked normal some of them were always on. This is the weirdest electrical issue I have ever had with any car. This must be a GM thing?
I have owned Chevrolet,BMW,Honda and Buick and never ran into such a electrical problem in tell the Buick.
When I bought the car the car the panel that tells you what lights aren't working showed that the low beam headlights are out however they weren't so I changed them and it still showed they were out however I noticed that the right low beam was not as bright as the left side.
Feb 24, 2010 at 10:08 AM