Bald Jerry
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I had some medical problems and my 2005 Tahoe sat in a garage for 9 months with a battery tender on it to keep the battery charged so the battery was always fully charged. Reason it sat is until my health was better and I could finally drive again and have been driving it for the past month Here is the list...
1. Anti Lock Brakes were triggering non stop at a slow stop and then got better after a week or so and then seemed great. Then with more driving it started again, and now doing it non stop. I am guessing rust in the hub and it is triggering the sensor because all was perfect before it was stored with this and everything else too.
This sound about right? Or any other guesses? I did have a "Service Brake" message appear one time, but it showed up and the next start ups it never appeared again
2. Rear Windshield Wiper will just turn on all by itself in the off position and then turn off and then later turn on again. Switch went bad? Or has some corrosion in it? Possibly a bad ground? Something with the rear wiper itself where I should look into first? My plan is to start by pulling the switch out and check with a multi-meter and see that the switch is working properly.
Anyone got any suggestions if that is the best place to start or had this problem before and has the fix why it turns on for no reason in the off position? I pulled to fuse to stop this because it was annoying from day one, but want to get that fixed with winter coming soon.
3. This is a tough one... Air Conditioning will work great and then start to blow heat from the front both sides and the rear will be perfect. Sometimes it could be just one side of the front blowing cool air and the other side blowing heat... Sometimes it can be great in the front and blow heat out the back and be one sided front blowing heat. I do have what I believe they called "Tri Cool" or something like that with the digital in the middle and the two knobs on each side for driver and passenger. Plus the control up top to control the rear heat and cool. Possible my problem is in the "Tri Cool" on the dash for controlling the AC/Heat?
When this does this all I do is shut down the Tahoe and re-start it and all is good again, then it could work great for an hour, a day, a week, etc, then back to the no rhyme or reason where the heat will come out when on AC is on. . I always leave it on auto, and even when blowing heat if I turn it down all the way I still get heat when it is acting up.
4. I do hear something clicking inside the dash from time to time, but not all the time and am guessing a relay is on its way out going bad or whatever it is. Not sure if this has something to do with the AC, but I am sure it has something to do with something that is going to go if not that. When I do hear this I will totally shut the AC/Heat down and it keeps doing it.
5. Rear Hatch Shocks went bad, but the new ones are being delivered tomorrow.
If anyone has any input on where to start on some of these and had these problems I would greatly appreciate it. Anti Lock Breaks I am guessing rust in the hub triggering the sensor, but hub could have went bad too. AC has me baffled and I know if I take it to my mechanic he might be stumped on this one because it is a "sometimes" problem. Rear wiper I am going to look at first and see what I can come up with and put the fuse back in tomorrow and see what happens.... Clicking in the dash I have no clue if related to any of this or something else is going to go bad.
Just 9 months in storage in a garage created all this...Tahoe still runs great and did all the basic stuff for it sitting that long.. Oil Change, checked all fluids, tire pressures, etc. Just got to get these things worked out and like I said above if anyone has some advice of if these things happened with yours and you got it fixed and can help me out it is very much appreciated...
1. Anti Lock Brakes were triggering non stop at a slow stop and then got better after a week or so and then seemed great. Then with more driving it started again, and now doing it non stop. I am guessing rust in the hub and it is triggering the sensor because all was perfect before it was stored with this and everything else too.
This sound about right? Or any other guesses? I did have a "Service Brake" message appear one time, but it showed up and the next start ups it never appeared again
2. Rear Windshield Wiper will just turn on all by itself in the off position and then turn off and then later turn on again. Switch went bad? Or has some corrosion in it? Possibly a bad ground? Something with the rear wiper itself where I should look into first? My plan is to start by pulling the switch out and check with a multi-meter and see that the switch is working properly.
Anyone got any suggestions if that is the best place to start or had this problem before and has the fix why it turns on for no reason in the off position? I pulled to fuse to stop this because it was annoying from day one, but want to get that fixed with winter coming soon.
3. This is a tough one... Air Conditioning will work great and then start to blow heat from the front both sides and the rear will be perfect. Sometimes it could be just one side of the front blowing cool air and the other side blowing heat... Sometimes it can be great in the front and blow heat out the back and be one sided front blowing heat. I do have what I believe they called "Tri Cool" or something like that with the digital in the middle and the two knobs on each side for driver and passenger. Plus the control up top to control the rear heat and cool. Possible my problem is in the "Tri Cool" on the dash for controlling the AC/Heat?
When this does this all I do is shut down the Tahoe and re-start it and all is good again, then it could work great for an hour, a day, a week, etc, then back to the no rhyme or reason where the heat will come out when on AC is on. . I always leave it on auto, and even when blowing heat if I turn it down all the way I still get heat when it is acting up.
4. I do hear something clicking inside the dash from time to time, but not all the time and am guessing a relay is on its way out going bad or whatever it is. Not sure if this has something to do with the AC, but I am sure it has something to do with something that is going to go if not that. When I do hear this I will totally shut the AC/Heat down and it keeps doing it.
5. Rear Hatch Shocks went bad, but the new ones are being delivered tomorrow.
If anyone has any input on where to start on some of these and had these problems I would greatly appreciate it. Anti Lock Breaks I am guessing rust in the hub triggering the sensor, but hub could have went bad too. AC has me baffled and I know if I take it to my mechanic he might be stumped on this one because it is a "sometimes" problem. Rear wiper I am going to look at first and see what I can come up with and put the fuse back in tomorrow and see what happens.... Clicking in the dash I have no clue if related to any of this or something else is going to go bad.
Just 9 months in storage in a garage created all this...Tahoe still runs great and did all the basic stuff for it sitting that long.. Oil Change, checked all fluids, tire pressures, etc. Just got to get these things worked out and like I said above if anyone has some advice of if these things happened with yours and you got it fixed and can help me out it is very much appreciated...