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Errol
Alfa Sprint
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 3:37 am Post subject: Loose wire i think |
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Something strange has happened to my alfa. When i open and close the driver's side door, it makes this very weird noise like from something electrical. And now my central locking doesnt work and my interior lights dont work. Also my clock resets it self everytime i open and close the door? this is very strange! i need help! thanks 
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Chris Notsis
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 4:30 am Post subject: electrical |
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Sounds like a short in the wiring harness that includes the door, the channel going from the door to the pillar, or in the pillar itself. Remove the door panel and check the connections, condition of the wires etc. THe problem could be in the channel that carries the wiring harness. Also check to see that there is sufficient free-play / length in the harness as it returns to the body, so that wires are not stretched.
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Errol
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Thanks for your reply chris but i found what the problem was a blown fuse! Which took 2 seconds to replace. Its all good.
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Chris Notsis
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 4:58 pm Post subject: Fuse |
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Good point - but what caused the fuse to blow? Given this circuit is a high-load one, it might still be worth looking for an obvious cause, such as the ones I described. The forensic engineering I do tends to always compel me to look one step back, at least.
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John Hansen
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Location: Queensland, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 1:36 pm Post subject: Fuses et al |
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I tend to agree with Chris. The elecronics of the Alfas are such that you need to sometimes look beyond the simple fix. For example, we had dim backup light, which was caused by the connectors being able to shift sideways a little bit, which resulted in the light not bein up to spec.
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