Timeline for Hood sensor latch faulty
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| Mar 23, 2018 at 16:37 | vote | accept | Vish | ||
| Oct 6, 2017 at 13:37 | comment | added | Solar Mike | electrically based safety circuits are relatively "new" on cars - just look at some of the legislation that occurs after accidents etc Prior to circuits to detect "hood open" were switches fitted to control under-hood lights (also fed by the side or marker lights) so one could see the engine at night. One of the main reasons for fitting a "hood open" circuit is to prevent damage of the wipers hitting the hood when it is open - usually due to the driver getting out of the car to look under the hood and "forgetting" the wipers are on.... | |
| Oct 6, 2017 at 13:30 | comment | added | Miller86 | @SolarMike - i should imagine it'd be the other way round. things like hoods will likely be designed to fail "Safe" - I.E. the safest readout will be shown. In the case of a hood, an open hood is very dangerous, so for this reason i should imagine that most will read no current flow as "open". If a switch were to fail and show the hood as closed no matter what, this could cause serious issues. | |
| Oct 6, 2017 at 9:30 | comment | added | Solar Mike | if you join the two wires that is normally "on" ie hood open, for closed they should not be connected at least in most cases... | |
| Oct 6, 2017 at 7:32 | history | answered | Newbie Noob | CC BY-SA 3.0 |