Mark Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 I have a 1997 Deville that had to be towed home yesterday... when I turned the key absolutely nothing happened, but there was a clicking noise directly behind the fuse panel in the engine compartment. It was doing this on it's own, even with the key out of the ignition. Otherwise it appeared completely dead. It would not take a jump start. As soon as it was lowered in the driveway the lights came on and it fired right up. Any help on what this may be? Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Fiero Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 As vague as this is.... 'loose connection'. Probably a primary ground. As the car was raised and lowered, it twisted the frame/etc around and reconnected it. But it'll be a marginal 'fix' and will no doubt come back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoupeDTS Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Behind that little fuse box is a panel that covers up a big fuse box with all the relays. Probably one of those relays was clicking. * 1966 Deville Convertible * 2007 Escalade ESV Black on Black * 1996 Fleetwood Brougham Black on Black V4P -Gone* 1983 Coupe Deville Street/Show Lowrider -Gone* 1970 Calais 4dr Hardtop GONE* 2000 Deville DTS - Silver with Black Leather and SE grille GONE* 1999 Seville STS - Pearl Red GONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Thanks folks. I've yet to be able to get in there, I'm in a cast and it's freezing cold at the moment. With it not clicking anymore I'm guessing this is going to be a pain to figure out which relay is responsible without a schematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Fiero Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 It's probably not the relays fault - if the whole car lost 'most' of it's power, it would pull in with the little remaining power. This would power something larger (as relays do) which drops the power so low that the relay would drop. Which would give enough power back to pull in the relay which.... well... you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 I've got a buddy who can run a diagnostic test on it for me. I'm going to do all the routine checks first when I get the chance. Hopefully I can get to the bottom of it that way. I would be delighted if it was just a loose ground like you said. I've had the car a long time and hope to keep it going for years to come, love the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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