Ignition Switch & Electrical Problems!!

[Blue 06]

I am letting my daughter drive the Blue 06 for a week now and Wednesday night she is tooling along I-20 headed home here in Fort Worth. Truck starts acting up with all dash warning lights coming on, no A/C, shifting funny, etc. She limped home and put it in the driveway. She had mentioned the horn was acting funny a couple of days earlier and thought she smelled an electrical burning smell.

I called AAA Thursday morning for a flat bed tow truck to come and get it. While waiting I try to start it, nothing happens, all dash warning lights show up again then it starts but won't let me take it out of park. I turn it off and keep trying, starts and finally get it in reverse to get it to the street. Stalls a couple of times, won't start, then turn everything off and it starts again. Leave it idleing with Check engine light on and tow truck shows up and he drives it up on the flat bed and ties it down. Get the the dealer and he starts it up and backs it off.

Dealer tells me his electrician guy is out Thursday, might be next week before it is fixed. Got a call 3:30 PM Friday afternoon and service rep says come and get it, all done.

Asked what the problem was and he said there was a loose fuse conection where the fuse connector had dropped in the main fuse module (big box under the hood). They replace the whole module and then he said "we also replaced the ignition switch as it was causing the horn problem.

Truck runs great and I told my daughter I had read something here on the forum that there were problems with the ignition switches so don't know if that was where all the problems were coming from but I also have a complete new fuse module just in case

Chuck

[ssrgarage]

Tim

[Nancy24]

Great news! glad it was resolved so quickly.

[ndelregno]

After my 2006 had been sitting at DFW airport for 4 days, I was pulling onto International Pkwy heading to the South airport exit when I noticed the A/C wasn't cooling. I turned the blower off then back on and that is when the bells and whistles started. First the truck started upshifting into 3rd and then back into 4th, multiple times. Then the ABS light came on and the Airbag light came on flashing.

Previously I had had A/C weirdness which was fixed by turning off the truck and then starting her up again. Stupidly, I tried this while in line to go through the airport toll booth. Like Chuck, above, she would start but then die, with lights and bells blaring. A couple of airport employees offered to push me, but I tried pulling the ECM fuses first, to no avail. So they pushed me to the toll, where I paid. Then as the good samaritans tried to push me through the toll gate, I couldn't get out of Park. I had to remove the key, reinsert, turn the ignition switch to run and then shift out of park. The guys pushed me through the toll gate to the side of the road where I had to endure all kinds of "lesser" vehicles zooming by.

Again I tried pulling the ECM fuses (all three) to no avail. Finally, I decided to pull all of the fuses for the sytems giving me warnings (i.e. 3 ECM fuses, A/C, Brakes, etc). I let it sit for 5 minutes, put the fuses back in and evertyhing worked fine. I was able to drive the 30 miles home without further problems. However, Friday morning, my wife was going to take my son to football practice in the SSR and when she started her, the bells, whistles, lights, etc returned.

I am taking her in to the dealer today. Hopefully it is a simple fix like Chucks!

I LOVE my SSR. But things like this scare me when I think of how temperamental she may be once the warranty period is up...

Nick

[ndelregno]

Just got my SSR back from Jupiter Chevrolet, to which it was towed on Saturday. As this, and other posts, indicated the culprit was the ignition switch. Replaced that and all is well again. Was worried that the strike might impact the repair, but it didn't. They found that the A/C Actuator needs to be replaced and have ordered the part, but weren't sure when it would arrive due to the strike. Now that the strike is over, hopefully they can get the part and get the A/C straightened out as well.

Interestingly, the tow-truck driver that GM Roadside Assistance sent out was just SURE it was the battery. Evidently he has been towing a LOT of Chevrolet vehicles under warranty for dead A/C Delco batteries...

Nick