Why would you create an account, and have your first post be entirely irrelevant to the topic in this thread. AND this thread is nearly a year old.

 

My car used to shut off like this. I found out that there was corrosion on my battery terminals. After I got rid of the corrosion and put the little red anti corrosion felt pieces on I haven't experienced the problem.

 

hey supz... guess what.. my car is doing this again....its weird... after a year later? come on...its stop doing it and not its acting up again... will do further diagnosis... will update this again....its usually happen when i press on my break or sudden when driving... alternator is goood...

 

im having this same problem. recently my tail lights had a short and i had a mechanic fix it a couple days ago. all day today my radio was randomly turning off and later on in the day the whole car just shut off while driving, no power to gauges windows or anything. few min later the car got power, i turned the car on with no problem, then couple minutes later before i even started driving it happened again. i left and came back about an hour later to tow the car, and the car turned on with no problem and i drove home.

anybody have any ideas what this might be? i cant seem to figure this out and id appreciate any input before i just bring it to a mechanic to find and fix the problem and get charged for a couple hundred bucks when id rather fix it myself

 

That happened to me when I had an Optima battery that shorted out inside

 

i been having the same problem with my car..... while i'm driving the car turns off and all power goes off, but once i hit the gas while its in motion the car turns right back on. anyone have any idea what this could be? it happens often!!!! i cant even drive a mile without it turning off and back on again!!!!

 

i replaced all the cables and connection, but the connection to the alternator was loose and corroded too so i replace that plug too... car been running fine....

 

you dripping any power steering fluid down on the alternator?

 

i had a friend who had some sorta of the same problem. Everytime he drove his car pressing the brake or hitting a bump his car would flicker inside. Like the navi dash lights and the car would shut down sometimes.

That always baffled the hell out of me. has anyone figured out this problem. People can say it was a grounding issue to the main power source of the car, BAttery? ECU? i dont know. any new info on this?

 

while i'm driving at 40mph my car shuts off, no power no navi no ac. but it will turn on right away without me pulling over and starting it. it happen several times. before all this happen my battery died, i changed it.. now my car turns off and on while driving. i lose all power where i have to reset all my setting back... anyone have any idea what it could be? checked all my alternator battery everything is fine... cant be fuel pump cuz i wouldnt loose power if it was.....

car specs: navi system, 2 12" subs & amp, and air suspension

 

car isnt dripping no fluid

 

Have you taken the alternator out to see if fluid has leaked onto it? Generally if the power steering is leaking onto the alternator, it won't be substantial enough to create a puddle on the ground. Would only be enough to slowly kill off the alternator.

 

Still light on this anyone?? I'm still curious about this incase it happens to me or anyone else!

 

my car battery terminal was grounded twice. it was touching my hood with the 10 gauge power line to the amp. fixed it now nomore problems

 

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