Yesterday when I was pulling into my apartment and waiting on the gate to open, all power inside the car slowly faded out. It was raining and below freezing, so I had quite a few things running, including windshield wipers, satellite radio, ac on heat, seat heaters, and headlights. I turned the car off at the key, put it in park and it also started right back up without any problems. I was wondering if anyone ever had this happen to them? My only guess is I somehow overloaded the system...

 

Maybe the alternator going out?

 

the battery was fine the last i checked (less than a month ago) but I will probably have to wait till i get home to check, i almost assumed i put too great of a load on the alternator/battery, and being that when you slow to a stop the accessory belt slows that it might be related

 

ever see close encounters of the third kind?

lol

i had to.

 

bad altenator or the connection to the altenator. Same thing happened to my hatchback. everything went dim. I turned off the headlights and a little bit of power came back on the center console, hit the turn signal or headlight and radio and everything would shut off. I checked the altenator and the cable that was connected to the ground bolt was loose and not making good connection.

 

thanks, i will have to go home and check all the connections when i get home

 

Sounds like the alternator is going. You may also wanna check your battery connections.

 

alternator

 

Are there any aftermarket Alternators?

Which Battery would you recommend for a huge sound system, plus other things...

 

Cai?

 

For all those who had a bad alternator, if it goes bad within the warranty, will they stealership replace it?

 

remember the stock battery is a serviceable battery, you need to add distilled water to it

 

there's a loose nut behind the wheel.

 

Man, you are mean! Calling Mr. Uy a nut!