Over the last few months, the "not so trusty" 9-3 has experience electrical problems.
- starting - periodically it would not. No starter click. Removed and cleaned the key control (sorry dont know the name). It helped a bit.
- had communication errors with the steering column as per the OBD2
- ABS error
Finally I was driving along, all the warning lights in the dash lit up, the speedo dropped to zero - but it kept driving just fine.
When I stopped, it stubbornly refused to start - completely dead.
Tried the OBD2 - no readings at all.
It really seems like an electrical / communication issue.
Q1 - The next thought was to use the Tech2. I have the dongle connection, but no idea how to use the software. Is there a link for basic how-to of Tech2?
Q2 - any other ideas of basic stuff to look at?
Thanks
- starting - periodically it would not. No starter click. Removed and cleaned the key control (sorry dont know the name). It helped a bit.
- had communication errors with the steering column as per the OBD2
- ABS error
Finally I was driving along, all the warning lights in the dash lit up, the speedo dropped to zero - but it kept driving just fine.
When I stopped, it stubbornly refused to start - completely dead.
Tried the OBD2 - no readings at all.
It really seems like an electrical / communication issue.
Q1 - The next thought was to use the Tech2. I have the dongle connection, but no idea how to use the software. Is there a link for basic how-to of Tech2?
Q2 - any other ideas of basic stuff to look at?
Thanks