SOS! Mounting Bizarro Symptoms!!

[rwh963]

so, still experiencing chronic but unpredictable drop offs. happens locally and at highway speeds. it coincidentally occurred after that initial cruise test. just yesterday, i was on the highway and decided to test cruise. could not get it to engage. i tried repeatedly, but did not function. cruise light showed up on the dash.

 

[rwh963]

and more fun: i've been pulling the #3 fuse under the hood often because it turns off the blazing stop lights. i forgot to put it back in this morning. started up the car, couldn't shift. the shift lock had activated. i pushed it down, and could shift. noticed for the first time the ABS light has turned on. i went under the hood and replaced the fuse. the ABS light stayed on all day. all other symptoms the same.

wondering if starting the car without that fuse in tripped the shift lock and ABS warning light.

as you can see, the #3 fuse is also swimming with many of the issues i'm encountering. thoughts?

 

[rwh963]

strange to have so many of my issues possibly running through that one fuse:

weird, just look at that.

1) stop lights
2) shift control lock
3) ABS
4) TRAC
5) VSC
6) fuel injection (hesitations?)
7)trailerl lights (recent failure)

 

[rwh963]

i'm hoping all of these issues can be tied to one origin point, and a relatively inexpensive one at that. also hoping it is not the ABS module, as that is not inexpensive.

that said, i have never noticed any odd wetness in the fuse box area. what i have experienced over the past few years is an unexplained damp carpet only on the front drivers side. never seen any wetness under the dash, or water dripping anywhere. i've attributed it to some sort of drainage misdirection. i don't believe there is any wiring or electronics under that area.

 

[Syr4RinNC]

Seems worth a try to buy a new fuse and see what happens. It may also be a short in the wires nearby if you can trace the wires

 

[rwh963]

i have swapped out that 10A fuse, no difference. purchased a relay that corresponds to the brake lights, no difference. getting the feeling its something "below" the surface.