No powersteering, heaters or fan

  1. Established Member Joined: Jan 2005 England Posts: 1744
    #1
    I was driving a few days ago and the head unit turned itself off, I didn't think too much of it as it came back on afterwards. But then my power steering, heater and fan stopped working too and still don't work.

    Now I think I know cause As my car had an issue after a vts conversion(few years ago) , the fans weren't working properly and power steering stopped as well. So we wired it into the ignition and ran a wire from a live in the engine bay to the power steering (dirty trick to get it working).

    But that wire got squashed against the battery and touched the bare metal (you see the wire got melted a bit) so I know that shorted something out, but not 100% sure what it could be, as its affecting fan and heater.

    Any ideas?
  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2013 Ellesmere Port Posts: 190 Pug 1.1 zest
    #2
    Maybe the alternator?
    When mine went i lost my heaters too and my head unit went off.
    Have you used a volt meter on the battery to check charge levels both when the car isn't running and when it is?
  3. Newbie Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 25 mk2 saxo vtr
    #3
    A would say alternator mine did exactaly the same
  4. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #4
    Get the alternator checked.
  5. Established Member Joined: Jan 2005 England Posts: 1744
    #5
    Alternator seems fine, I have a voltmeter in my car as I got alot of high powered amps, and voltage is floating at 13.7 to 13.9 with music on, i drove the car yesterday.

    All other electrics seem fine, so could it really be that?
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Portsmouth Posts: 568 1992 MX-5 1.6 SE
    #6
    Checked fuses?
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #7
    Ignition barrel could be goosed, this used to be the go-to answer when pas, demister and blowers all died.
  8. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #8
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gabbastard View Post
    Ignition barrel could be goosed, this used to be the go-to answer when pas, demister and blowers all died.
    I know mate just trying to eliminate the alternator before suggesting that.As his radio died as well.
  9. Established Member Joined: Jan 2005 England Posts: 1744
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stevo67 View Post
    I know mate just trying to eliminate the alternator before suggesting that.As his radio died as well.
    Radio is fine, it only turned off then came back on and is fine. I changed a few fuses, but the wire I had wired from the ignition to the power steering pump is damaged, well I cut and taped the wire as this is what caused the issue in the first place. So I can understand why the power steering wont on as I haven't replaced this wire (I hope I'm making sense). As for the fan this could also be the issue as the fan was wired in to always be on and its not working now.

    I have a questions guys could it be a relay for the fan, do the heater and fan share a relay etc etc, I'm only asking as they both went at the same time?
  10. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #10
    Go down the scrappy & get a pas loom,then cut out the bad section of wiring & splice in the new loom.
  11. Newbie Joined: Jun 2013 Jersey, Channel islands Posts: 4 Saxo VTR Mk1 Blacktop 1997
    #11
    http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27609
    ?