Help Diagnosing IS-F Electrical Gremlins

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Apr 29, 2010 | 03:39 PM

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lobuxracer

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^^I'd be load testing the battery to see if it has a shorted cell right after making sure the terminals are tight and the other end of the terminal wires are tight. The only other reasonable possibility would be an alternator voltage regulator problem, but Japanese cars generally don't have alternator issues until they are very high mileage.

Apr 30, 2010 | 06:23 AM

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Juanca

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That's by design, the mirrors tilt down ONLY if the switch is on the left or right position. I think someone needs to read the instruction manual.

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Originally Posted by infinus

I noticed mine stopped doing that too, for some reason it only does it if the switch is on left or right, if I have it in the middle they dont tilt down in reverse. Was that the case with you?

May 3, 2010 | 12:55 AM

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gengar

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OP, did the dealer get this resolved or at least figure out what's wrong with it?

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Originally Posted by flipside909

Wow that's a very short commute. Constant starting and short distances are not enough to keep your battery charged up. I suspect your battery is starting to go bad or already has a bad cell. Since you're still within your warranty period, have them check it out.

I'm not advocating short drives by any means, but I have an 8-mile commute per day (i.e., 4 miles in each direction) and am very heavy city driving, and I haven't had any battery problems... yet.

Sep 24, 2010 | 09:09 AM

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fruson

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Common things are common. Electrical interruption either from loose connection(battery) or a bad battery(cell) as already mentioned. Disconnect check replace/reconnect battery. Should fix ya up.

Apr 11, 2011 | 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by infinus

the window auto up down feature can be reset by going to each window switch and rolling the window half way down then all the way up and hold the button up for 1 second after it finishes going up. You have to do this from each windows individual switch and not from the 4 on the drivers controls.

What exactly would cause the windows to reset?

Jonny

Apr 11, 2011 | 01:36 PM

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What exactly would cause the windows to reset?

Jonny

Unplugging the car battery.

Apr 11, 2011 | 10:42 PM

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What exactly would cause the windows to reset?

Jonny

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Originally Posted by Bulls23337

Unplugging the car battery.

Or a bad cell in the battery allowing the system voltage to drop below 8v on start up.

Apr 12, 2011 | 12:23 AM

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larrysb

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Bad battery, hands down.

If the terminals are clean and tight, replace the battery with a known-good, fully charged one. Re-initialize all the windows and radio and stuff per the owner's manual.

The only exception is if the car has had aftermarket electronics added. A bad install job and who knows.