89 Ranger....no blinkers....blower....and ABS light is on??

[ajfischer]

In the morning (this has now happened 3 times in the last 2 weeks) ,when the truck is cold, I have no blinkers....no blower....and the rear ABS light stays on. After the weather warms up everything is fine....has to be a connection/grounding issue....but what's common to all of these?? Any ideas

Thanks!!

 

[bisjoe]

In the morning (this has now happened 3 times in the last 2 weeks) ,when the truck is cold, I have no blinkers....no blower....and the rear ABS light stays on. After the weather warms up everything is fine....has to be a connection/grounding issue....but what's common to all of these?? Any ideas

Thanks!!

The ABS light comes on when the brake light is out. They may all be on the same fuse, though on later ones they are not. First thing to check is the fuses for each of those, make sure they are in tight.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Do you have a wiring diagram? Autozone has diagrams on their website.

 

[ajfischer]

Found it!!!

Someone gave me the idea....make sure the ignition is returning to the "on" postion when you first start the truck....if it hangs up in between the truck still runs but it can cause a low voltage situation.

Sure enough....this morning (20 degrees last night) it did it again....so I rocked the ignition/key back to were it needs to be and BAM....blinkers work...blower works....ABS light goes out....move it about 1/2 inch forward and everything stops working again

So next....I guess something (spring??) is wearing out and when it's cold it just doesn't have enough pressure left to get the ignition back to the right spot.

Very hard replacing the ignition cylinder??? or is there something else I should look at??

 

[BrooklynBay]

Maybe it's the ignition switch?