Need help asap
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 10:41 pm
Alright, tonight was VERY weird, i was driving home from work, and my head unit started turning off and then on again...  then i stopped at a light, and when i took off when i was hitting second gear, the car's electrical system kinda flashed real quick.. once it did this, the e brake light started blinking, and my abs light came one.. also my voltage gauge kinda was fluctuating a good bit.  along with my lights kinda dimming (almost like i was running my subwoofer system real hard.)
SOO does anyone have a clue what the problem is... i don't think it is the alternator cause the first time my alternator died, the voltage just went to 0, and its still up at 1/2 - 3/4.  I have not been running my system hard at all this week since i'm selling my car, and didn't want to risk anything, but i'm going to unhook it in the morning just to make sure its not the culprit.
btw, i pulled over as soon as i could after the electrical system flashed and everything was blinking, and when i turned the car off and on again, i had not abs light or e brake light flashing, but my lights were still dimming, and something just isn't right.
the alternator was new last fall, and i've only been running my new system on it for like 2-3 weeks (and not hard, since they aren't broken in yet). could it have died this fast?
SOO does anyone have a clue what the problem is... i don't think it is the alternator cause the first time my alternator died, the voltage just went to 0, and its still up at 1/2 - 3/4.  I have not been running my system hard at all this week since i'm selling my car, and didn't want to risk anything, but i'm going to unhook it in the morning just to make sure its not the culprit.
btw, i pulled over as soon as i could after the electrical system flashed and everything was blinking, and when i turned the car off and on again, i had not abs light or e brake light flashing, but my lights were still dimming, and something just isn't right.
the alternator was new last fall, and i've only been running my new system on it for like 2-3 weeks (and not hard, since they aren't broken in yet). could it have died this fast?