villej
Well-Known Member
So, my long time trusty friend Megane today decided to introduce his cousin, knows as an electrical problem, to me.
It was rainy day and... I had just been playing indoor sports and had sweated for an hour. I walk to my car, turn the power on and it greets me with the usual complimentary music. Then I try to start the engine and every light wents out and all power dissappears. I turn the power off from the key, and still all lights and power is out (interior lights should be on), eventually after few long seconds interior light come back on. Everything including the clock and radio stations have reseted, also immobilizer is on. I disable the immobiliser and try to start again, and the same thing. There is a click from some relay or start motor when I try to start, but immediately after that power dissappears again. After turning the power off from the key I'm now also greeted by some relay clicking randomly dozen times for few seconds. I then pop up the hood, fiddle little with the wires coming from battery, and try to start again. Same thing happens, without the relay clicking though. Then on about fifth or sixth try the car starts normally like nothing was ever wrong.
Now, I wonder what would cause this kind of an behavior?
I would myself suspect either the ignition switch or the battery. Or maybe corroded wires to the battery. On the other hand I don't think it's the battery, because lights weren't dim at all, and everything worked until trying to start. And then it had power to crank the motor just fine when on the fifth try the car decided to start. Also the relay clicking randomly when ignition was off and interior lights being off seemed really strange. I doubt bad battery or corroded battery wires would cause those?
It was rainy day and... I had just been playing indoor sports and had sweated for an hour. I walk to my car, turn the power on and it greets me with the usual complimentary music. Then I try to start the engine and every light wents out and all power dissappears. I turn the power off from the key, and still all lights and power is out (interior lights should be on), eventually after few long seconds interior light come back on. Everything including the clock and radio stations have reseted, also immobilizer is on. I disable the immobiliser and try to start again, and the same thing. There is a click from some relay or start motor when I try to start, but immediately after that power dissappears again. After turning the power off from the key I'm now also greeted by some relay clicking randomly dozen times for few seconds. I then pop up the hood, fiddle little with the wires coming from battery, and try to start again. Same thing happens, without the relay clicking though. Then on about fifth or sixth try the car starts normally like nothing was ever wrong.
Now, I wonder what would cause this kind of an behavior?
I would myself suspect either the ignition switch or the battery. Or maybe corroded wires to the battery. On the other hand I don't think it's the battery, because lights weren't dim at all, and everything worked until trying to start. And then it had power to crank the motor just fine when on the fifth try the car decided to start. Also the relay clicking randomly when ignition was off and interior lights being off seemed really strange. I doubt bad battery or corroded battery wires would cause those?
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