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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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Default Re: Need Help with Electrical Gremlins

Originally Posted by cruz427
I have an SRT6 with about 50,000 miles on it. I recently started having some electrical issues. I first noticed that at an idle all lights flicker a little bit. Then the radio started turning off on its own. If you press the button it turns back on again. But then for no apparent reason it turns off again. My wife noticed that sometimes when the power windows are cycled it causes the radio to shut off. A couple of times recently at an idle in traffic it has just stalled. Today I was on my way home from work after the radio turned off a couple of times by itself while going down the freeway at speed the car chugged once and the traction control light went off and so did the radio. I started playing with the power window buttons to see if it had an influence on this and when the window was completely closed the radio would shut off. I could hit the window button again and the radio would turn on again. I did this several times and it acted just like I was hitting the power button on the radio. I shut everything electrical down that I could just hoping to get home from work. The car was fine for 15 minutes or so. As I exited the freeway the car chugged once again, traction control light went off and the car completed died and coasted to the side of the road. No lights, no power. I turned the ignition key off, rotated it back to the start position, everthing powered up, the car started immediately and I drove a couple mile home without any more incident. It almost seems like something electrical is grounding out. I have inspected everything visible and don't see any issues. I just thought I would put this out there to see if anyone else has experienced this before or had any suggestions. I sure would hate to go to the dealership with something like this. Please help me!!
How old is your battery and is it any good?
These cars do funny things when the battery is weak.
 
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