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Special => Help => Topic started by: Ghandi on Tuesday, October 07, 2008, 03:20:53 PM
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Any electricians on the board?
I was driving about half an hour ago and smoke started to come up from the back of my steering wheel - around where it connects to the ignition panel thingy (yeah, I'm bad with cars). It wasn't a lot of smoke but it smelled like plastic and was clearly electrical. So I stopped driving and turned it off, and narrowed it down to my headlights. Turning them on started it all. Which makes sense, because my lowbeams stopped working for about a week, then started up again, then stopped working again, and are now working again. So clearly something is wrong there.
Honestly I don't expect a lot of help other than "go get it fixed" but I *really* don't want to spend any money. So I'm fishing for a miracle here (i.e. "You're in luck, Ghandi! I'm a lowbeam electrician specialist!).
Thanks :) .
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Well I scheduled an appointment. This is going to be expensive. Fuck.
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That's not good at all. It's probably a short, which could start a fire. It may not be too expensive to fix. Depends on what they have to do. Good luck.
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It may not be too expensive to fix.
That's relative. ;)
$75 just for the diagnostic. If it's under $250 total I'll be happy.