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falconbrother
Explorer II
May 27, 2019

Mind teaser, tech issue..

Fishing for your thoughts. My 1500 Suburban has recently started acting up. A couple of months ago I released the parking brake and the dash lights lit up like a Christmas tree and it put it's self in 4x4. I restarted, everything normal. A week or more ago the security light started coming on while driving. In the last few days more lights have started coming on while driving,ABS, seatbelt, low fuel, gas gauge bouncing around, no tow haul, battery light and AC fan speed constantly changing. I pulled the dash apart looking for a short, tried a new body control module, cleaned a few grounds, had the alternator and battery tested. All good, issue persist. I discovered today that when I turn the AC off, all the issues go away. So, it seems to possibly be a power issue related to the AC.

We're going camping Thursday. I'm going to pull the camper and let my wife bring the dogs in her car (with AC). Where should I look next? Maybe a ground specific to the AC? Suggestions please? I just refuse to let this thing beat me..
  • I missed the year and mileage. I have had a BCM (Body Control Module)cause issues like that.
  • Electrical issues are what would total an other wise good car. The labor alone to try and trace down a bad wire or odd issue is what makes some vehicles not even worth fixing. If the vehicle is worth the $$$$ then definitely put the money into it!
  • A suburban of your year also has a body control module. I'm still leaning towards a cluster issue. A rarity, but a intermittent alt problem left me scratching my you know whats a few years back.
  • Had some flaky things happen on my 2011 GMC Sierra, found a mouse nest under cover on engine.. cleaned it out, found the insulation eaten on several wires, and one wire was mostly gone. I taped the wires with missing insulation, repaired the wire with piece missing. I then connected my OBD tool and reset the code it had set. All good, that was a couple years ago now.
  • It's fixed and I towed the RV last Thursday. It was the ground from engine block to computer. My mechanic found it fast, fixed it and added a ground. I'm puzzled as to why Chevy didn't find this. So was my mechanic..
  • Ron3rd's avatar
    Ron3rd
    Explorer III
    falconbrother wrote:
    It's fixed and I towed the RV last Thursday. It was the ground from engine block to computer. My mechanic found it fast, fixed it and added a ground. I'm puzzled as to why Chevy didn't find this. So was my mechanic..


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