Here's a wierd one for you guys!! Prior to having my car broken into last night in San Fran (Left Rear Drivers Side electric roll-down window), my auto locks worked both from the key in the door and the lock switch by the gear shift. Also, my overhead light worked fine as did the red lights in the instrument panel indicating which door is open (or hatchback, for that matter!). Further, my Radiator Fan worked properly whenever it was necessaary to bring the temp gauge right in the middle of the dial where its supposed to be.
After having the window replaced, however, all of the above went on the fritz!!! When I left the Auto Glass shop and got out of the car an hour later, I went to lock the door and noticed no collective click, just the manual sound of the driver door locking. Usually this would be indicative of a drained battery, which I get more often than I would prefer, after listening to radio for example. So I then tried using the switch by the gearshift, NADA!! Moreover, I noticed when I opened the driver door, not only does the red light go on for the door in the instrument panel, but it also lights up the red light for the Hatchback at the same time?? When I close the driver door, both lights go out? So I cannot lock the doors automatically now, however when I go to the trunk to un-lock, I hear the electronic mechanism engage only for the trunk?? Also, as soon as I start the car, the Radiator Fan engages and stays on the shole ride thus bringing the temp erroneaously lower than it should be,whereas before it was always perfectly regulated.
Being that there was a breakin via the window, obviously there could have been some damage that might effect the above, but before I brought it to the shop this morning, I had to park the car in a secured lot with a guard, and I locked the car normally and didn't notice the fan engaging prematurely nor the funky red lights for both the driver door and the trunk when I opened the door. Also, I know the overhead was working just fine because when I brought the car into the shop, the guy asked how I could turn it off when the door was opened, and I flipped the switch to the middle.
I am thoroughly dazed on this one and unfortunately, I chose to save a couple hundred bucks taking my car to an Auto Glass Guy instead of the Dealership. So I'm pretty sure they're not going to have a clue what to do about it either and of course when I settled with them and signed the "Hold Harmless Take As-Is Slip", thier guy was still cleaning out my car for a while, so it was closing time when I left the place only to find out about this latest problem an hour down the road after the fact!!! What a Beating!@!:roll:
Any Ideas??
Sincerely,
SAAB Snob
After having the window replaced, however, all of the above went on the fritz!!! When I left the Auto Glass shop and got out of the car an hour later, I went to lock the door and noticed no collective click, just the manual sound of the driver door locking. Usually this would be indicative of a drained battery, which I get more often than I would prefer, after listening to radio for example. So I then tried using the switch by the gearshift, NADA!! Moreover, I noticed when I opened the driver door, not only does the red light go on for the door in the instrument panel, but it also lights up the red light for the Hatchback at the same time?? When I close the driver door, both lights go out? So I cannot lock the doors automatically now, however when I go to the trunk to un-lock, I hear the electronic mechanism engage only for the trunk?? Also, as soon as I start the car, the Radiator Fan engages and stays on the shole ride thus bringing the temp erroneaously lower than it should be,whereas before it was always perfectly regulated.
Being that there was a breakin via the window, obviously there could have been some damage that might effect the above, but before I brought it to the shop this morning, I had to park the car in a secured lot with a guard, and I locked the car normally and didn't notice the fan engaging prematurely nor the funky red lights for both the driver door and the trunk when I opened the door. Also, I know the overhead was working just fine because when I brought the car into the shop, the guy asked how I could turn it off when the door was opened, and I flipped the switch to the middle.
I am thoroughly dazed on this one and unfortunately, I chose to save a couple hundred bucks taking my car to an Auto Glass Guy instead of the Dealership. So I'm pretty sure they're not going to have a clue what to do about it either and of course when I settled with them and signed the "Hold Harmless Take As-Is Slip", thier guy was still cleaning out my car for a while, so it was closing time when I left the place only to find out about this latest problem an hour down the road after the fact!!! What a Beating!@!:roll:
Any Ideas??
Sincerely,
SAAB Snob