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Car Forum / Saab Cars / May 2005clicking/tapping noise from dash
when i am in rivers and going there is a clicking/tapping noise coming from the passenger side of the dash. the car is a manual and when i shift to R the back up lights blink for a sec then dont turn back on where is the back up light switch located i think the noise all started when battery died one day if that helps where can i get a short shifter for my 1990 9000 cd 5spd? > when i am in rivers LOL ! It took me a second or so to realise you meant reverse gear. I was about to suggest you shouldn't take your Saan swimming. ;-) > and going there is a clicking/tapping noise coming from the passenger > side of the dash. the car is a manual and when i shift to R the back up > lights blink for a sec then dont turn back on Well - some of the lamp relays are in there. I notice the brake light relay 'ticking' from the 'glove box' when I'm sitting in traffic and applying the footbrake occasioanally. It's the sound of the relay. > where is the back up light switch located Back up ? You mean reverse again I suspect ? Same place probably. Maybe you have a defective reverse light relay ? Graham > > when i am in rivers > > LOL ! It took me a second or so to realise you meant reverse gear. I was > about to suggest you shouldn't take your Saan swimming. ;-) LOL sorry about that so u think it is a relay and not the switch? and is it hard to get to the relay? > > > when i am in rivers > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > so u think it is a relay and not the switch? and is it hard to get to > the relay? Which model ? which year etc. I have a Saab EPC ( electronic parts catalogue on CD ) that'll identify where the relevant relays are if you have a model that's covered by my EPC. Graham > Which model ? which year etc. I have a Saab EPC ( electronic parts > catalogue on CD ) that'll identify where the relevant relays are if you > have a model that's covered by my EPC. > > Graham it is a 1990 9000 cd 2.0 turbo > > Which model ? which year etc. I have a Saab EPC ( electronic parts > > catalogue on CD ) that'll identify where the relevant relays are if [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > it is a 1990 9000 cd 2.0 turbo The EPC gives an index to the relays in the dash location but none are explicitly referred to as being for the reversing light. As this isn't a binaries group I can't post the diagram here unfortunately. When you select reverse describe exactly what the sound is you hear - is it continuous ticking for example. Does the reverse light illuminate at all or flicker ? The reason I think it's a relay is because there are many relays in the 'glove box' location in the assembly that holds the fuses ( behind the fuses ). Graham right when i put it in R the lights will flicker 1 or 2 times then will not . i will try to get them to flicker after that but it will only do it the first time. the sound coms on kinda randomly but its right when i let go of the clutch and it starts to move. i think ths is all becuse the 25A fuse for the sun roof back power windows and R lights kept on blowing. so one day when it started to rain the back windows were open and the fuse was blown and i was all out of 25s so i just put the 30A fuse there all the tings worked but the R lights so i got the 25 back in and it stll did not work. and if it is the relay do i have to remove the top of the dash to get to it ? > right when i put it in R the lights will flicker 1 or 2 times then > will not . i will try to get them to flicker after that but it will [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > just put the 30A fuse there all the tings worked but the R lights so i > got the 25 back in and it stll did not work. I really don't think substituting a 30A fuse for a 25A one will have done *anything* disastrous. > and if it is the relay do i have to remove the top of the dash to get to > it ? As I understand it yes. I haven't had that pleasure yet on my own 9000 but will do soon when the weather's better. When I do, I'll take a look I'll see if I can identify a relay for the reversing light. Graham thanks > thanks The other day I listened very carefully whilst selecting reverse several times. I couldn't hear any relay tick - unlike the one for the brake light that's very audible. I suspect there's no relay for the reversing light. Maybe your problem is something else ? Have you checked the condition of all the relevant fuses ? Graham it is the revers light switch it has bad conections all is good now > it is the revers light switch it has bad conections all is good now Good to hear you had a satisfactory result ! Graham Salutations: > it is the revers light switch it has bad conections all is good now Huzzah! I *think* I might finally be on the right trail for my missing 75hp and will be investigating next week. The game is afoot Watson! -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/025.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time Dexter J what are you talking about lol? Salutations: .. :) .. > Dexter J > what are you talking about lol? > Huzzah! (Congratulations to you the find.) > I *think* I might finally be on the righttrail for my missing 75hp and > will beinvestigating next week. (I too am tracking down an elusive problem. SAAB 9000 electrical bugs are not entirely unlike a top drawer detective novel. Sometimes, I'm not entirely sure I would completely enjoy an automobile that operated perfectly until the floor pans and engine clip finally rusted out.) > The game is afoot Watson! (In reference to above - with nod to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There is a most definite thrill associated with both the chase and final discovery that is in many ways sort of appealing.) -- (signature divider) Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Doris Day - Whatever Will Be http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/100.RAM (Yesterday's most listened to tune here at Radio Free Dexterdyne.) all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time (Descriptive test hamster recruiting plug) |
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