I was driving home today and my steering column started smoking again. Every 6 weeks or so, one of the hot wires that leads to my ignition switch decides to overheat and burn up the switch and surrounding wires/harnesses.

So I know how to fix the problem as I do every time (this is the 3rd), but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what could cause a wire to continually overheat like this. I think I'm gonna have to trace the wire and see if it's shorting to ground somewhere. Any suggestions would be sssssooooooooo helpful. Thanks in advance.

 

Not much to say really. Just check all the wires for melting and black soot.

 

Atleast your passenger side window regulators didnt break today BOTH OF THEM. Im more pissed.

 

Check to make sure you haven't got some wires getting crossed causing a short. Check your harness to make sure al the connectors are correctly separated and cannot touch each other. That would cause a wire to burn itself out pretty quickly.

 

I had a recall on my car for an ignition switch. They told me at the dealership that people where having happen exactly what you said. Give em a call if the problem continues.

 

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately the recall was only for '96 & '97. I've replaced that sucker twice and obviously there is some sort of underlying problem that needs to be addressed. I know in the harness that the wires are seperated enough, so it must be something further towards the battery. This is gonna take forever to figure out. [:@]

 

Is it the same wire that you have replaced already, or a different one each time?

 

definitely sounds like you've got an exposed wire somewhere in the circuit

 

There needs to be a recall on the window regulators seeing how the factory put them on backwards in the 97 98 1.8t model. BS!

 

damn......i have a 98