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post Dec 9, 2008 - 5:28 PM
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It's raining here today, so that means headlights on. I parked my car a little while ago and went inside for a couple of hours. When I went to leave, I started my car up, started to leave the parking lot, and turned my headlights on. When I turned them on, the entire electrical system died for just a moment and just about killed the motor. That's the first time this has ever happened, and I'm curious what happened. Any ideas?


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post Dec 10, 2008 - 2:08 PM
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Griffgirl, that was the first thing I checked when I got home, Man, I really need to be more specific in what I have and haven't done... Lol.

Enderswift, that's my best guess. My car is missing the little rubber ring that goes around the passenger side low beam headlight, and I was stuck behind a truck that threw up a lot of spray behind it, so I was thinking something water-related. But would that spray and the missing ring be enough to get into my engine compartment and cause any problems?


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2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.
2021 GMC Sierra AT4.

Posts in this topic
- richee3   What happened?   Dec 9, 2008 - 5:28 PM
- - RickJamesBish   Happened to me as well.   Dec 9, 2008 - 6:35 PM
- - richee3   So it's not just my car specifically... Sweet...   Dec 9, 2008 - 6:56 PM
- - RickJamesBish   Twice...I used to always turn my accessories on an...   Dec 9, 2008 - 8:19 PM
- - Culpable04   check your alternator, it may be on its way out.   Dec 9, 2008 - 9:07 PM
|- - BloodyStupidDavey   QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Dec 10, 2008 - 2...   Dec 10, 2008 - 1:02 AM
- - richee3   Rick, my motor was running and I only had the radi...   Dec 9, 2008 - 11:33 PM
- - Culpable04   check your battery and alternator before you go ba...   Dec 10, 2008 - 12:21 AM
- - SAMIAM   definatly check the battery, if not the battery it...   Dec 10, 2008 - 4:39 AM
- - richee3   Replaced the battery last December. That giant sou...   Dec 10, 2008 - 1:09 PM
- - GriffGirl   Check your battery connections and make sure they...   Dec 10, 2008 - 1:33 PM
- - enderswift   I once drove through a puddle that apparently got ...   Dec 10, 2008 - 1:43 PM
- - richee3   Griffgirl, that was the first thing I checked when...   Dec 10, 2008 - 2:08 PM
- - enderswift   sorry for the late reply doesn't take very...   Dec 14, 2008 - 11:37 PM
- - 808celica   check you batt water level if you dont have those ...   Dec 15, 2008 - 4:34 AM
- - richee3   The battery is maintenance free, so that's sti...   Dec 15, 2008 - 7:15 PM
|- - costa   i had the same thing happen to me, i gave the batt...   Dec 16, 2008 - 11:34 AM
- - soulshadow   Check your ground cables.   Dec 16, 2008 - 12:32 AM


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