Mysterious smoke from the column...

MarkM01 · 05-20-2005

Today I was driving my '01, and for some reason smoke started to come from the turn signal arm/column area. For some reason I turned the lights off, and it seemed to then stop, but that may be a coencodent.

There are no check engine lights, and everything still works.

Any idea as to what burnt up?

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ragingSPAM · 05-20-2005

that my friend is probably u frying an electrical wire or a fuse popped for something by the driver side kick panel

Ellocodetroit · 05-20-2005

Your wire for your headlights is fried. There's a recall on the headlight switch assembly. take it to the dealer and they'll fix it. After my fix that wire still frys. You can pop the cover and see the fried wire for yourself.

tinman · 05-20-2005

^^^^ Yup! ^^^^

MarkM01 · 05-21-2005

So is there really anything wrong with having this wire fried? I mean everything still works.

R1Style · 05-21-2005

^^ummm... YES! Think about that for a second... something is frying and smoke is coming out of your steering column.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
A friggen electrical fire can start in your car! Do you want your car to go up in flames? Better yet do you want to burn alive in your car?!
Go get that sh!t fixed!!!

diskreet · 05-21-2005

someone link to that gti fire video for this guy please!

blackdragon · 05-21-2005

I made my dealer switch it out but then that lil weird bulb on the headlight won't come on when a put on the park lights, changed the bulb and it still doesn't work took it to the dealer and they had to change the wiring no problems since.

MarkM01 · 05-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by R1Style

^^ummm... YES! Think about that for a second... something is frying and smoke is coming out of your steering column.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
A friggen electrical fire can start in your car! Do you want your car to go up in flames? Better yet do you want to burn alive in your car?!
Go get that sh!t fixed!!!

If a wire burns out, that's it, it's done. Hence the reason why it only smoked for about 5 seconds. Do you really think it's constantly burning and smoking everytime I drive the car,

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Jeff · 05-26-2005

Headlight switch recall

armieo · 05-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkM01

If a wire burns out, that's it, it's done. Hence the reason why it only smoked for about 5 seconds. Do you really think it's constantly burning and smoking everytime I drive the car,

.

.....And then the bare positive exposed wire that melted touches a part of your METAL engine bay (which is basically like touching two ends of a battery together).... gets grounded... short circuit.. BLAM. FIRE.

I think this was R1style's point.