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Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?

Experience
Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.

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Cadillac Repair - how to shut off blower

Expert: Rob Painter - 10/16/2009

Question
wher is the blower wire located in my cadillac seville. blower will not shut off and is draining the batterie.

Answer
Hi Gail,

Unfortunately, you are dealing with a problem Cadillac has had for as far back as 1980 that they never repaired. Sure, components were changed over the years, but the results were the same. At any given time walking through the service area of a dealership, one could find two or three of these cars having the same problem. Very costly repair as well. Instead of using relays and resistors to control speeds, they installed this stuff into a non-servicable epoxied module. You would be lucky to get out of Cadillac spending less than $500.

Depending on the model will depend on the wire location. Many blowers are under the hood, but some are on the passenger side under the dash. If you find the blower and wire, cut the wire. Install an easy to reach toggle switch between both sides of the wire you cut. This way you can turn on and off the blower. You will only have high and off and there are ways to put speeds in it too, but that is quite a bit of work.

Your choices are--either install a switch as described. Have Cadillac gouge your eyeballs out for something that will fail again or get a junk yard resistor module that is doomed to fail if it hasn't already.

If my answer has helped you, please rate it. Thanks.

Good Luck!

Rob

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