Hello. I'm back to that burning hot smell in the car again. I've changed my ignition switch months ago and I now changed it again recently. I noticed my steering column was warm around the ignition. When opening the column, I burned my thumb on the anti-theft lock.... At least that's what I believe this is from images I found online. Prior to this happening, my cluster went dark on the gauges and I could only see my mileage and park neutral etc. I also lost the lights to my radio and heater/ac fronts. Running lights, or whatever the automatic headlights are were also off. I also had no tail lights. I turned the engine off for a couple of minutes and when I attempted to turn it back on everything was back to normal. I can't drive more than an hour without it heating up.
I'm not really sure what is causing it other than high resistance which doesn't surprise me since I have made minimal progress in my electrical situation. I'm currently driving across the country and am stopping every 45-90 mins when I feel it getting warm because I can't afford to be driving in the dark and have my lights go out in case I can't flip the switch and get them on. If this is only for an anti-theft purpose, is there any way to work around this so I can finish my trip? I'm fairly certain it's going to be wiring that is the problem and not the part so I'm hesitant to have it replaced with an existing issue that's only going to heat the next one.
I'm not 100% sure how the anti-theft immobilizer ignition switch pieces work together. is it possible it's my key and the chip? I have a second one....
I'm not really sure what is causing it other than high resistance which doesn't surprise me since I have made minimal progress in my electrical situation. I'm currently driving across the country and am stopping every 45-90 mins when I feel it getting warm because I can't afford to be driving in the dark and have my lights go out in case I can't flip the switch and get them on. If this is only for an anti-theft purpose, is there any way to work around this so I can finish my trip? I'm fairly certain it's going to be wiring that is the problem and not the part so I'm hesitant to have it replaced with an existing issue that's only going to heat the next one.
I'm not 100% sure how the anti-theft immobilizer ignition switch pieces work together. is it possible it's my key and the chip? I have a second one....
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