Regarding the discussion on parts pricing, this is America and we're free to spend our money as we see fit. I shop both online and locally, checking prices on most purchases. What's interesting is that several times I've been quoted a high price on a GM part from my local dealer, gotten online and ordered it from a dealer in another state at a substantially lower price even with s/h :?
I wouldn't do this on a $10 part, but when you're talking hundreds, well,,,,, it's MY money we're talking about.
As for your GM issue, I had the same thing happen to my 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix. Lights would go out at night (very unnerving when you're driving 55 on a dark 2-lane road), brights would work as well as the DRL. I could get them to come back on by cycling the tilt wheel up and down. Problem was a busted wire at the connector on the turn signal stalk. The harness flexed every time the Tilt was used on the column.
Even though the harness connector was the problem, I couldn't get it off of the stalk. Went to an electric shop and the guy pulled some discarded ones out of a barrel (he chuckled and said he replaced a lot of those on GM cars). Showed me that the connector was not removable. (Whoever heard of THAT?) Replacement stalk was over $100. I ended up soldering in a pigtail wire to the connector and spliced it into the harness. Cost? My time.
Another problem I had on that Grand Prix: couldn't get the key out of the ignition. Common problem with the Trans Interlock solenoid on GM cars. However, mine turned out to be a broken wire on the switch that sensed the floor shifter being in Park. It was buried in the console right under where the carpeting opening for the shifter ended. You could see the insulation and wire were cut and someone put a piece of electrical tape around it (not even a good job of taping it). Since I bought that car brand new, the only place that could have happened was at the factory. Maybe using a blade to trim the carpet?
So much for GM Quality (both design AND manufacturing)
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