1999 Cavalier Z24 daytime driving lights won't work and the light on the dash panel blinks continuously?
When this happened on my '99 Cavalier Z24 convertible, the DRL
(Daytime Running Lamps) Relay had failed. Locate the instrument
panel fuse block by opening the car's driver side door and looking
at the left end of the instrument panel. To open, push the tab on
the access door to the left and pull the door forward. Make sure to
insert the tabs when replacing the cover. The DRL Relay is in the 3
O'Clock position, probably black plastic, about 1/2" X 3/4" X 1"
deep and larger then the other relay and fuses in that panel. The
replacement cost over twenty dollars at the local Chevy dealer.
After I inserted the new relay, my daytime running lamps operated
correctly.
Get one at a salvage yard much cheaper or test the one you
have.If that dont correct the problem you are in for a headache
finding a short in the front wiring harness.GM enginer's are at
fault here.When they put this wiring harness together,they used
tape as a wire insulator. DUCT TAPE!! There are about forty-eleven
splices on the part of the harness that is fastend to the front
bumper between the metal bumper and the radiator/condensor.Water
gets into these splices and it gets corrosin on the splice. I was
told to replace the harness.That would be a lame thing to do.WHY
change it to another one just like it? Take all this tape off,cut
the splice,INSTALL HEAT SHRINK INSULATORS ON THE WIRE,connect it
together again(just like it was)put alittle light bulb grease on
the splice,then srink the insulator around the splice. It solved my
problem with BOTH of my 97 z's..Good Luck and do 1 splice at a
time. Or go to a garage.