I have had a few intermittent problems with the electrical system in my 2001 LW300. First the rear dome light stopped working and then the HVAC blower started getting flaky. Comes down to poor electrical connections.
The rear cargo light traced back to a bad connection on the diode in the left side inside fuse panel. Took the diode out and put it back - the light worked.
The blower motor problem was a burned connector (black 12 cavity hvac intermediate) located behind the radio. Four cavities were so burned that they were almost shorting to adjacent connections.
Before I start ranting to Saturn (and trying to repair the connectors myself), does anybody know if this is covered by any recall?
Looks to me that the contact materials oxidized and developed a resistance that heated up. It's also a bit strange to put a 40 amp fuse in the under-hood fuse panel for this circuit and then distribute the power with some fairly under-sized connections. (I am an electrical engineer)
Thanks for any input Oppie