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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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? -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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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
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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