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Expert: - 10/11/2010


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Just got the Caddy, (I have NO help for little oddds and ends like this) the windshield wipers quit working, inside courtesy lights went out before this, I DO have manual, has got to be fusess!!outside mirrors wontauto move, doors wont auto lock, no vanity lights and now wipers!Can I, Myself, remove hush panel and replace fuses?? I am 66yrs old and can physically do this. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, where is hush panel?? I almost removed a panel?directly under steering wheel. Can I hurt anything by doing this? Are all fuses in/behind this hush panel anddoes this car have circuit breakers??? As you can tell, I know NOTHING. This Cadillac was given to me by relative in same condition as when driven off dealer showroom in 1992. I am told that I,ME, can replace a fuse. Do you THINK this is something an ordinary person can do who knows NOTHING about cars and has never even pumped gas. I did just move "back home" also which is backwoods Mammoth Cave National Park, KY. I need HELP and Thanks,  Betty  

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Hi Betty,

I love the area. Went past it many times when seeing a former girlfriend in Tennessee. Now I have settled in the Dallas area and miss the beauty of Tennessee and Kentucky. Cumberland tril is awesome!

As for your car, I would be concerned why it is blowing all these fuses. This is not normal.

I will personally guide you through all this though. I want you to send me a personal email of what is not working now. My email is robo14@aol.com.

I will be travling to Wisconsin tomerrow for 4 days before I get back to Dallas, but I will get email through my Iphone and will respond when I can.

I hope you have the owners manual and if you can determine if there is more than one fuse box from it.

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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?

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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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