Good morning,

I had an interesting experience with my car this morning. Driving to work when suddenly the entire electrical system stopped: no radio, no lights, no speedometer, odometer--nothing electrical at all. There were three lights flashing, and one of them was the red exclamation mark. But the car kept going---it didn't have as much power. At one point I had to slow down, and let my foot off the gas. When I pressed it again, everything suddenly came back on. Then when I got to work and turned the car off, it wouldn't start again. I waited a few minutes, and then suddenly it worked. I replaced the battery about 3 weeks ago--any chance this could be the cause of this.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Check for a loose ground strap. There ought to be at least two, one from the battery to the engine(or the frame) and one connecting the engine to the frame. and make sure your battery connections are tight, loose connections can shift when you hit bumps and lose contact even for a split second which would cause electrical malfunctions.

 

Exact same thing happened to me...well technically it happened to my wife as she dropped me off for a flight at the airport. Had to leave here there high and dry as our 6 month old balling in the back seat and car was dead...ouch. Turned out that one of the battery connections was loose. Just needed to be tightened up. Good luck!

 

Did you correct the problem, mine just did that today.

 

Actually, I didn't do anything. I thought about taking it in, but then I decided to see if it happens again...which it hasn't. I did check the battery cables and everything looked good.


Who knows, perhaps it was just pissed off at something I did. Good luck.