Originally Posted by
crossfirelady
Ok, well based on my original post, I did outline the original issue and how it progressed. When I mentioned the fuse issue, I mentioned there were no physical indications of it being blown, although it failed the coductivity test. Hence, I swapped the two fuses related to the automatic seats. However, I mentioned the fuses as additional information, as a means to see if anything else other than the possible cabling issue could be affecting my cars electrical.
So to answer; yes this is a partial improvement as the car has not died on me since swapping the terminals. However, what I am getting now is a hesitant start when I try to start the first time after it has sit for a bit. So if I try to start it will crank for about 2 to 3 seconds before finally starting.
What I noticed also, is if I try to start the first time during the multiple cranks and turn the key to off and then retry it will start normally.
I didn't bother reading back to see if you had replaced the battery, but I will say that even if you have, this could be an internal fracture in the battery subject to temperature or vibration.
Have you connected a multimeter across the battery posts while experiencing one of those problematic starts ? ( you could get on of those inexpensive cigarette lighter digital voltmeters )
I use this one :