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I am experienceing a strange electrical problem with my wife's '96 STS.

Here is how it goes:

The turn signals don't work at all, ever.

The ABS light is on.

The traction light is on.

The heated seats don't work.

Sometimes the ABS and traction lights are not on, then the heated seats work.

That is until you touch the turn signal stalk. Then the ABS and traction lights come on and the heated seats don't work again.

Somehow I get the idea that they are all related.

I have checked evey fuse in the car, even in the trunk. They are all good.

Voltage is good, as is the main ground.

Sounds like a ground to me but where?

Any input would be appreciated.

Ken

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Run the on board diagnostics by hitting and holding the OFF and WARMER buttons on your AC control and post the codes that come up here. Run it as many times as you have to, the codes come up fast... Once we have the codes we will be able to help you better, Mike

Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1  >>

1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm

How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/

Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year  http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm

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Run the on board diagnostics by hitting and holding the OFF and WARMER buttons on your AC control and post the codes that come up here. Run it as many times as you have to, the codes come up fast... Once we have the codes we will be able to help you better, Mike

Here are the codes:

PC0603 History

PC1571 History

PC1602 History

PC1644 History

TC0073 History

PZ1971 History

PZ2473 History

PZ2042 History

That's it. Thanks Again.

-Ken

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Run the on board diagnostics by hitting and holding the OFF and WARMER buttons on your AC control and post the codes that come up here. Run it as many times as you have to, the codes come up fast... Once we have the codes we will be able to help you better, Mike

Here are the codes:

PC0603 History

PC1571 History

PC1602 History

PC1644 History

TC0073 History

PZ1971 History

PZ2473 History

PZ2042 History

That's it. Thanks Again.

-Ken

P0603 - Control Module Long Term Memory Reset

P1571 - Traction Control Torque Request Circuit

P1602 - Knock Sensor (KS) Module Performance

P1644 - Traction Control Delivered Torque Output Circuit

See this on TC0073 http://caddyinfo.ipbhost.com/index.php?sho...c=168&hl=TC0073

The PZ codes are related to lighting, I believe but I will need to look in my manual and report back, I have a 96 also and have the manual

Mike

Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1  >>

1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm

How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/

Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year  http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm

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  • 1 year later...

Ever resolve this problem? I am experiencing the same issue. Can't get the turn signals to work for the life of me. All new bulbs, new flasher, good fuse... what gives? And I get the same ABS/TCS lights coming on when I flip the stalk, and then it throws me into 2nd gear starts. An ODD combo that would seemingly be unrelated, but it happened to you, and now it's happening to me, and we both have 1996 Sevilles. I get PZ2042 (loss of serial communication to EBCTM) and P1602 (knock sensor performance) as well.

Did you find the problem?

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