Electrical Problems when steering - Very Strange.....

2005 NISSAN PRIMERA
96,000 MILES • 2.2L • FWD • MANUAL
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D_ROX_7
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Hi,

This is a wierd one, so hope you can help.

When i have my headlights on, steering left or right round a corner starts to trigger the volume, change radio stations or change from CD to radio & viceversa. This doesn't happen when the lights are switched off.

Only discovered this problem moving into winter when i need my lights more.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

David

Dec 27, 2013 at 1:59 AM
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CARADIODOC
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I suspect you have lighted switches on the steering wheel. If the clock spring is coming apart, it can short multiple circuits together just as if you were pressing a switch. With the lights turned on, one of those circuits will be live, and it is probably touching another circuit when you turn the steering wheel.
Dec 27, 2013 at 10:43 AM
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