Electrical problem
1994 Chrysler LHS 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 115k miles
I have been driving my 94 LHS for about 5 years now, 3 1/2 of which have experienced my problem. I bought the car for a deal because the A/C was not working. Didn't care. But not sure if it is contributing to my problem.
I noticed at one point after having my car over a year that the gauges on the dash would start to fall randomly. They would all drop for a couple seconds as I was driving. Then would come back on periodically. Sometimes this would go off and on very quickly, other times it would not function for several minutes or not work at all.
Eventually the problem grew. Now, not only would my gauges cease to function, but my heater would randomly start to blast if the problem persisted. So the gauges would cease to function and if they had been sitting for about a minute like that, the heat would start to blast on and off.
After quite a bit of tinkering, I found that removing the fuse for my Message Center keeps the gauges working. The heat still blasts out of the defroster however. In the summer time I then have to remove the fuse for the blower to make sure the heat is not blasting. However, there is a little heat that trickles out. So even in summer it turns a 85 degree day into about 90.
I have worked through this problem using the above method for the past several years but it is very annoying. Even if its 10 below zero, I have to roll the windows down because the car gets so hot!
I've tried replacing fuses, battery, but to no avail. I'm not sure what direction to go from here. If it's worth having a mechanic look at, or if it's something simple I can fix myself. I obviously don't want to pay a massive amount of money to fix this if I can tough it out until my next new car comes along.
Thanks!
Thursday, August 27th, 2020 AT 11:38 AM
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