Solution to Voice Module problem
> The voice Warning Module is on the right
> rear strut tower. You can get to it by
> removing the panel that covers the spare
> tire.
Thank you VERY much! I would've never looked for it way back there.
Symptoms:
1) No Audio. (Yes, my stock radio and speakers work FINE!)
2) If you put your ear up to the module, you could hear the motor inside spinning away endlessly everytime it was supposed to say something, but there was no audio.
3) There was no clicking sounds coming from the unit....which indicates no head movement at all.
Unit Description:
The voice module is a miniature, automatic RECORD PLAYER with w/ multiple starting points on the record platter, and a diamond needle head which is controlled by 2 circuit boards (the bigger one has a relay, the smaller one senses the rotation of the platter and has a red LED sensor that tells it if the head has reached the end of the record), and lastly, a voice-coil/magnet and 2 springs Set or Retract and Reset the head when its time to PLAY or STOP.
...That's alot of mechnical moving parts that can go bad.
The Solution:
I had to take it apart and clean the contacts on the small circuit board, and bent the metal contacts attached to the record platter ever so slightly so it would make better contact with the small circuit board.
Details of disassembling and reassembling it:
1) I took off the metal mounting brackets off the 2-sides
2) Unscrewed and opened that side of it up
3) Took off the white plastic retainer bar that runs across the needle arm
4) Unscrewed the small sensor board and carefully lifted the coil wiring out of the way.
5) Lifted the whole thing out like a door hinge.
6) Cleaned the small circuit board with a scotch pad and bent the contacts on the platter back into shape. (The belt fell off while I was doing this)
7) Put the belt back on
8) Put the whole thing back together.
Your headlights are on!
....and etc.
