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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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Car: 91 Trans am
Engine: built 360 TBI
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doom light, rear hatch, door lock not working

I checked all fuses, everithing is stock and worked perfectly untill today.
Any ideas were to start to diagnose?

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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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Car: '91 Z28 convertible
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Re: doom light, rear hatch, door lock not working

I would doublecheck the ACC fuse. It might not look blown but be blown. Or have oxidation on it, who knows. It powers a lot of the accessories you just named. Stick a test light in the fuse panel to check the power on both sides of the ACC fuse.

Also, I'd check the 30A PWR ACC circuit breaker (metal box on the fuse panel).

Do your hazards work? If no, it might be a power supply problem and we'll take it from there.

Lou
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Car: 90 RS 'Vert, 88 IROC-Z, 88 Firebird
Engine: 305 ci tbi, 305 ci tpi, 350 ci tpi
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Re: doom light, rear hatch, door lock not working

The fuse for the hatch pull-down on a Firebird is NOT in the fuse block. It is in a separate single fuse holder that is clipped to the side of the fuse holder. There is a dovetail molded onto the outside edge that the fuse holder slips onto. If you don't find it mounted there then someone slipped it off. You'll need to look around all the nearby wiring for that single fuse holder.

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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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Car: 91 Trans am
Engine: built 360 TBI
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Axle/Gears: 10bolt/3.23
Re: doom light, rear hatch, door lock not working

Today I checked, the rear hatch opened with the key but not with the hatch release button, hatch light workt too.

The ACC fuse was fried and the replacemet fried in my fingers by putting in.

So: doom light, glove box light, dor lock, rear hatch release switch dident work and fuses fried instantly.

After wisually inspecting the cables as good as possible I recalled not checking the cigaret ligter. Inside was a metal tip, plastic ring and a long fried fuse that broke off the cell-phone charger

After removing the trash the new fuse went in nice and ewerything is working again

Thank u guys for all the information.
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