Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:39:53 +0200 From: "Rob" <robjnospamAMwirenet.nl> Subject: Re: ACC Problems
Reset the ACC unit... It happened to me twice; puch the reset sequence (it's in the manual). It worked just fine for me both times. "EP" <eric.perduenospaml.com> schreef in bericht news:1129650493.425724.303210nospam2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I have a 1992 9000 Turbo which I dearly love. However, two nights ago, > the ACC started freaking out. As I was driving back from Seattle in > about 52 or so degree weather, the cabin fan kept coming on, staying on > for a couple seconds, then turning off...over and over again. The > following day, I took my kids to their piano lesson, and when we fired > up the car to leave, there was a brif whiff of that dreaded > burnt-electrical-circuit-smell. Then yesterday, on a fairly long > highway trip, I noted the AC kicking in on low speed despite a 54 > degree day. When I got home, I checked for bad fuses, pulled the glove > box hoping to find a bad relay and of course found thet there was no > such relay for the ACC. I also ran the recalibration which returned > zero faults. I noted the the heat would kick in if the ACC was set > higher than 82 - lower than that was either nothing or AC. I also noted > the the trip computer reported the outside temperature as 94 degrees! > On a test drive, that dropped to around 71.I am thinking I have a fulty > ACC module, but I don't want to buy an expensive part if I am > overlooking something. The burnt circuit smell might be a red herring, > but probably not. I note that the outside temperature sensor is behind > the front bumper somewhere, but I don't know where exactly. Is it > possible that it became dislodged and is now living somewhere near the > radiator? >