Recently my car had been developing major electrical issues. It all started off with the radio starting to shut itself on and off, but only when the car was being driven. It would work just fine at idle. Not too soon after the car would start to randomly die on me, but only when i was coming to a stop, and when it did die, there would be very little power to do anything. When i tried to roll up the windows it would be very laggy and on the instrument cluster, you could see the lights getting dimmer and dimmer, and then all of a sudden, all of the power would come back and the windows would go to normal speed and the cluster would light up all bright. After this would happen, you would go to start the car and you turn the key all the way and the starter would either lag for about 5-6 seconds before doing anything, and sometimes it just wouldnt work at all. Then it started to get worse there on. I had been driving around and i came to a stop and needed to merge over and when i turn my blinker on, the cars idle dropped to about 150-200rpm and barely revive itself and sometimes it would just die. This also happened what i would use my headlights. Not too soon after that, when i used my brakes the car would just fall on its face and die because it is lighting up the brake lights. And now I am unable to get the car out of my street because right as i go for the brakes the car just falls on it face and dies.:down: Im in real need of some help
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I bet you have a loose or broken connection somewhere around the alternator(best case)
I had similar issues and it was all caused by a broken wire that connected to the alternator it was hanging on by a thread and had similar issues
It would definetly help eliminate a few possible problems if you got the battery and alternator checked while they are both off the car(if they fail obviously they are the problem) and on the car(if they passed when off the car and fail while installed on the car then it's your wiring)
Otherwise you will probably have to get a multi meter and search for the problem (hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in with tips on how to do it this way)
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Have your alternator tested to be sure it is OK. If its original, its super old and tired.
Also check your engine ground. If the engine ground is weak, loose or corroded or oxidized, the alternator will try to pull chassis ground from other circuits causing the issues you see.Owner - Bavarian Restoration
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Fusible link connections in the trunk,
battery connections in the trunk,
someone took apart the block under
the hood and didn't tighten it back down...
...super stanced wheels in back wore through main wires from battery to engine...
the possibilities are mind- boggling, but it's pretty likely it's something big and
easy to find.
tnow, sometimes I just mess with people. It's more entertaining that way. george graves
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