Re: RE:1990 Buick Century

["Gary Derian" <gderian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They are not in series.

Gary Derian <gderian@domain.elided>



> Damian,
> If I remember correctly from my buddy that does Chevy's (common designs)
the
> dish lights are in series.  Therefore, if one lamp fails then they all go
> out.  I believe he would just replace all the lamps at the same time and
> make short work of the problem to reduce the possibility of other lamps
> failing. The intermittent is common with lamps when the filament first
> fails, the separated element can sometime become reconnected when the
> vehicle hits a bump, however this filament reconnection usually doesn't
last
> long.  If you are unable to find a bad lamp then you may want to do some
> troubleshooting of the dimmer or inter-connecting circuits.

> Yes, I know it's not a BMW and I'm sorry I have to send this here.  I have
a
> 1983 533i and have received lots of advice on keeping it on the road and
> hoped someone might know about this other problem I'm having.
> My brother in-law has a Buick Century and has been having electrical
> problems.  When he turns on the headlights, the front bulbs light but the
> rear (and interior dash lights) don't.
> I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening and
have
> checked his fuses and each of the bulbs and the switch itself but have
found
> nothing.
> The problem seems intermittent, for a week or so they didn't work and then
> they started again.  Now they've stopped.
> He just spent over $1000 on the car and can't afford to just 'bring it to
a
> dealer' to have them work on it for a few hundred dollars.
> Any ideas would be very ,much appreciated.
> Damian Horner.

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