Your Chevy Corvette may look awesome, but chances are you've experienced more than your share of electrical system problems. While 2000 was a good year for the electrical system, other years are just hit and miss. 'Vette owners who bought a used Corvette or keep their cars for a long time should realize that troubleshooting electrical problems is just part of the package.
Check fuses, relays and switches if dash lights go off and on. If everything checks out, the grounding wire may be disconnected and/or floating.
Test your battery charge if you lose power. If it checks out OK, you may have "dead battery syndrome," common in 2005 Corvettes with a manual transmission. Ask your technician if he remembered to reset the computer at the last servicing. If the problem continues, consider whether the Body Control Module is the culprit.
Investigate the workings of your other window if one of your power windows stops working. If your other window works, try holding the nonworking window button down while slamming the door several times. This is a cheap fix that sometimes works. If not, you're probably faced with bad wiring, a bad switch or a dead motor that requires further investigation with the door panel off.
Approach the problem another way if you're getting lots of random failure codes. Your 'Vette may have corroded ground connections, commonly seen in the C5 model. Clean the chassis ground connections, and see if the problem resolves.
Diagnose Corvette electrical system problems with tuning software like HPTuners or LS1Tech. These programs can scan your car for problems.
