I swear, there’s something wacky going on with the car. After eating out tonight, I got in the car and flipped on the lights. The parking lights came on but the headlights remained off. Strangely, the act of turning on the lights actually unlocked the car. I tried to manually push the latch to lock the car but it felt like the motor was forcing it open. I turned the lights off and on a few times, and whenever I switched it on I heard the sound of the car unlocking. I pressed the automatic lock and the latch didn’t budge. I tried the wipers and they refused to move either.
I shut the car off and turned it back on. It didn’t really have any effect though–the headlights still wouldn’t come on. I sat around wondering what the heck to do, but moments later the headlights came on, the doors were lockable and the wipers worked once more.
What the heck? This isn’t the first time this sort of thing happened. I’ve seen this behaviour before but didn’t really pay too much attention to it. I’m sure there’s a perfectly logical explanation to it all, but at the same time it’s kind of amusing to be able to say that I am the owner of a possible possessed vehicle. Ha!
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4 comments
kyleen says:
Fri. April 25, 2008 at 1:14 pm (UTC -4 )
That would be what’s called the “body control module.”
If you are lucky, it may only be that the eprom has to be reburned. That’s not that expensive- I had to buy one last year and it was almost $500. But that’s what controls those sorts of things. In my case, I couldn’t get the back hatch to open.
If you take it to the dealer, they can test that. Good luck!
Jay says:
Fri. April 25, 2008 at 10:44 pm (UTC -4 )
Oh wow. A “body control module” would make sense in this context, eh?
So I guess I should call off the scheduled exorcism rite. Darn. There goes my deposit.
Wegrit says:
Tue. April 29, 2008 at 11:58 am (UTC -4 )
This can be summed up in one word: awesome.
I say that knowing that I’m not the one who’s going to have to pay to get it fixed though so I assume you find it less awesome.
Jay says:
Thu. May 1, 2008 at 9:52 pm (UTC -4 )
I’m going to attempt to put this off as long as possible. I can run the car and it still gets me from point A to point B. That’s all that really matters–oh, and I can still play music. Although, if the lights go out in the middle of the night as I’m driving home, then I’ll start to worry. I sure as hell don’t need any new expenses right now.