my son brought over his Honda , the wind shield wipers stopped working, a few minutes with a MULTI -METER confirm its most likely the contacts in the steering column switch , that could obviously become an expensive and time consuming P.I.T.A. to find and correct, so now I need to go buy a shop manual or .......suggest he trade the car in (I,m not big on foreign cars) yes I can fix it, but its going to be a P.I.T.A.
the older muscle cars were fairly easy, to work on, but after about 1970 things started to go down hill, by about 1985 computers started being far more common , and now almost everything controlled by less than simple relays and fuzes.
while its true that the new computers now give you trouble codes to help, on basic diagnostics its also true that the more complex systems can cause far more difficult to diagnose problems also
btw the most common electrically related problem I see on a consistent basis is corroded or badly rusted or defective battery connections and grounds so before you go crazy its a good idea to replace those as a first step in any electrical problem diagnoses
the older muscle cars were fairly easy, to work on, but after about 1970 things started to go down hill, by about 1985 computers started being far more common , and now almost everything controlled by less than simple relays and fuzes.
while its true that the new computers now give you trouble codes to help, on basic diagnostics its also true that the more complex systems can cause far more difficult to diagnose problems also
btw the most common electrically related problem I see on a consistent basis is corroded or badly rusted or defective battery connections and grounds so before you go crazy its a good idea to replace those as a first step in any electrical problem diagnoses
