Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:41:14 +0200 From: "Rob" <robjnospamAMwirenet.nl> Subject: Re: ACC Problems
PUSH of course.. Sorry for the typo! "Rob" <robjnospamAMwirenet.nl> schreef in bericht news:435a16fa$0$11066$e4fe514cnospam.xs4all.nl... > 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? >> > >