Battery Problem with my car?

FCars4Ever · Wed, Mar-19-2008, 06:56:21 PM

So today I was driving home from school and something odd happened. My radio randomly went out, my radar went off (Hardwired), and my dash went out. About 5 seconds later the radar came back on, the CD continued playing and my dash lit up again but the mileage/time indicators were reset.

Then I pull in to get some gas and turn off my car but left the key in position 2 and the same thing happened again. The entire dash went black and the radio/radar both went out as well. I turned the key and nothing. Then suddenly everything came back on to normal.

I am guessing this is a problem with the battery, or maybe even the connection. Anyone have any ideas??

bluesting004 · Wed, Mar-19-2008, 07:08:52 PM

I had a dumb dumb who had an M leave a piece of metal in the batery conpartment and it was making contact with both poles.

**deilenberger** · Wed, Mar-19-2008, 09:18:21 PM

Could be battery, could be connections, you'll find out when it does it for good and stops being intermittent.

FCars4Ever · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 05:34:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deilenberger

Could be battery, could be connections, you'll find out when it does it for good and stops being intermittent.

I'd hate to be in the middle of nowhere when it decided to do it for good.....

coolmody · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 07:23:08 AM

Looks like the connections to your battery. They could be loose or dirty. If there is crap on the connections use some battery terminal cleaner and a wire brush to clean them.

My E28 ALWAYS does this, and its so annoying. Happens really often too when the boost kicks in and always causes me to lose races because I lose all power, steering etc. My battery is loose as well because the battery tie down is broken which adds to my problem.

FCars4Ever · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 09:34:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolmody

Looks like the connections to your battery. They could be loose or dirty. If there is crap on the connections use some battery terminal cleaner and a wire brush to clean them.

My E28 ALWAYS does this, and its so annoying. Happens really often too when the boost kicks in and always causes me to lose races because I lose all power, steering etc. My battery is loose as well because the battery tie down is broken which adds to my problem.

I'll check this out later today. Thanks for the input

Carbon Metallic · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 10:20:49 AM

It could be the alternator as well. If you bring it to Advanced Auto or something similar they will test your battery and alternator for free.

FCars4Ever · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 08:02:19 PM

Would the alternator be covered under warranty if it needed to be replaced?

**deilenberger** · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 08:08:15 PM

If you have a warranty - an alternator would certainly be covered.

FCars4Ever · Thu, Mar-20-2008, 08:13:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deilenberger

If you have a warranty - an alternator would certainly be covered.

Good to know. I'll have to get it checked out since my warranty is expiring in may

Wed, Mar-19-2008, 06:56:21 PM	#1
FCars4Ever Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 1,214 Reputation: 0 Location: Melbourne, FL	Battery Problem with my car? So today I was driving home from school and something odd happened. My radio randomly went out, my radar went off (Hardwired), and my dash went out. About 5 seconds later the radar came back on, the CD continued playing and my dash lit up again but the mileage/time indicators were reset. Then I pull in to get some gas and turn off my car but left the key in position 2 and the same thing happened again. The entire dash went black and the radio/radar both went out as well. I turned the key and nothing. Then suddenly everything came back on to normal. I am guessing this is a problem with the battery, or maybe even the connection. Anyone have any ideas?? __________________ 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe Arctic White/Two Tone Red/Black 2004 BMW ///M3 Coupe SMG (SOLD) Laguna Seca Blue/Black

Wed, Mar-19-2008, 09:18:21 PM	#3
deilenberger Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13,327 Reputation: 578	Could be battery, could be connections, you'll find out when it does it for good and stops being intermittent. __________________ Don Eilenberger AKA bellymeisterburgermeister and denilegiiiiiiiiiiiiibennnnegerieragher (but that's misspelled..) 2001 M-Coupe - TiSilver/Black - Das Boot.. 2002 M3C/6 - Imola Red/Black - SOLD 2003 525iT - Green/Tan - SOLD - replaced with Lexus 2006 Cayenne/S - Iceland Silver Metallic/Stone-steel Gray - Truckster. 2007 R1200R - Roadster, black mit/white pinstripes - the REAL BMW.. 2011 Lexus RX-350. SWMBO's new toy.

Thu, Mar-20-2008, 07:23:08 AM	#5
coolmody Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 406 Reputation: 0 Location: Calgary	Looks like the connections to your battery. They could be loose or dirty. If there is crap on the connections use some battery terminal cleaner and a wire brush to clean them. My E28 ALWAYS does this, and its so annoying. Happens really often too when the boost kicks in and always causes me to lose races because I lose all power, steering etc. My battery is loose as well because the battery tie down is broken which adds to my problem. __________________ '02 E46 M3 Vert \| '85 E28 Turbo

Thu, Mar-20-2008, 10:20:49 AM	#7
Carbon Metallic '02 M3 Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 31 Posts: 93 Reputation: 0 Location: Alexandria	It could be the alternator as well. If you bring it to Advanced Auto or something similar they will test your battery and alternator for free. __________________ Matt

Thu, Mar-20-2008, 08:02:19 PM	#8
FCars4Ever Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 1,214 Reputation: 0 Location: Melbourne, FL	Would the alternator be covered under warranty if it needed to be replaced? __________________ 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe Arctic White/Two Tone Red/Black 2004 BMW ///M3 Coupe SMG (SOLD) Laguna Seca Blue/Black

Wed, Mar-19-2008, 07:08:52 PM	#2
bluesting004 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 55 Reputation: 0	I had a dumb dumb who had an M leave a piece of metal in the batery conpartment and it was making contact with both poles.

Thu, Mar-20-2008, 08:08:15 PM	#9
deilenberger Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13,327 Reputation: 578	If you have a warranty - an alternator would certainly be covered. __________________ Don Eilenberger AKA bellymeisterburgermeister and denilegiiiiiiiiiiiiibennnnegerieragher (but that's misspelled..) 2001 M-Coupe - TiSilver/Black - Das Boot.. 2002 M3C/6 - Imola Red/Black - SOLD 2003 525iT - Green/Tan - SOLD - replaced with Lexus 2006 Cayenne/S - Iceland Silver Metallic/Stone-steel Gray - Truckster. 2007 R1200R - Roadster, black mit/white pinstripes - the REAL BMW.. 2011 Lexus RX-350. SWMBO's new toy.

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