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overdrive light stays on 200 1989

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posted by  Art Benstein on  Wed May 4 05:28 CST 2011
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I seem to remember those exact symptoms resulting after a bare spot on the solenoid wire under the car took out a trace on the relay's circuit board. This was a problem that came with our '89 wagon when we bought it used in 2000.

The conclusion I came to was the PO stuck a 25A fuse in #11 instead of the 16A, and as a result next time the shorting white wire blew the relay instead of the fuse.

Take the cover off your relay (left of the glove box) and see if there's a burned trace. I just soldered a jumper around it, and replaced the wire under the car.


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New overdrive light stays on [200][1989]
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