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2001 pontiac sunfire parking brake adjustment
1993 Pontiac G.A. SE Brake and signal light problem
Do the front signals work?
Do the hazards work?
Do you hear the flasher unit for the turn signals clicking when you turn the signals on with the ignition in the run position?
Have you checked the brake/hazards and the turn signal fuses; you’ll find both in the dash fuse panel they are 20 amp fuses.
The brake light switch has a few different functions but the only two wires you’re going to be concerned with for the brake lights are the orange and light blue wires.
The orange wire at the brake light switch should have power at all times, the Lt blue only while the brake pedal is applied.
This Lt blue wire also slices off and goes in different directions after the brake switch but again you’re only concerned that this power on the Lt blue wire is getting to the turn signal switch. You’ll find the connector for the turn signal switch at the base of the column tube just behind the dash board; it’ll be a flat connector about four inches long; likely clipped to the column tube. Make sure that the power on the LT blue wire gets too and through the connector.
While you’re at the signal connector, check that there is power at the purple wire with the ignition in the run position. If the flasher unit does click with the turn signal in either left or right turn position you should have pulsing power (flashing test light). With the turn signals off and the ignition on you should have constant power.
What I’m getting to is if you have these feeds from the purple and Lt blue going into the turn signal switch and nothing on the yellow (left turn/stop) or the Dr green (right turn/stop) leaving the switch then you have a bad turn signal switch. You’ll also find the yellow and green wires at the turn signal switch connector and at the back of the car at the light sockets.
Check for power on these wires using a test light connected to a known good ground.
Tell us what you find.
Dan.
If it turns out to be the switch then yes you will have to pull the steering wheel to get at a couple of bolts that hold the column covers on. When I went and looked at the manual on how to do this job; I realized that this is a newer style of column and it won’t have that flat connector at the base of the column just the wiring harness itself. I was going by the wiring diagram when I explained the wire coloring. (Sorry) Test it the same way; just probe the wires them selves with the test light.
And as Tom has said; if this car has an air bag take a few minutes and learn how to disarm it or take the car in somewhere and have the switch replaced by someone who does know. If you accidentally light off the bag (which is easy to do) and it hits you, you won’t know what happened until they tell you in the hospital. Yes they are that dangerous if not handled properly!
You’ll also need a steering wheel puller to get the wheel off of the steering shaft. On some of the older column’s you could get away with hitting the steering shaft to pop the wheel off. Don’t do that on this column there are a bunch of plastic rivets in there that will either break or become loose.
The cost of buying a puller (that you’ll likely only use this one time) may make taking the car in and having the job done for you a little less painful.
Dan.
