Randomly shut down
Randomly shut down
today as I was driving on the freeway my radio randomly shut down and turned back on. it was a complete power down as if I was turning the car on. I believe I seen the dash also do a system check. I also think I felt the power steering turn on and off for a split second. very odd. I almost feel the entire car shut down for a split second. anyone else experience this?
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Oh man, that is crazy! That is extremely dangerous. Don't play with that and get into dealer asap since you are on CPO. Don't let them tell you its the 22s either...how old is your battery? When my battery was on its way out on my '07 460, the car was acting hella strange..making the brakes act funny (not sure how) and some other random crap...these cars are amazing but once something starts acting up, it is the most random thing causing it
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Stuff like this sounds like a warning sign. Loos of power while driving can be very dangerous. Time to take an afternoon off and get it in or simply take it in early in the morning and take the loaner to work.
Oh man, that is crazy! That is extremely dangerous. Don't play with that and get into dealer asap since you are on CPO. Don't let them tell you its the 22s either...how old is your battery? When my battery was on its way out on my '07 460, the car was acting hella strange..making the brakes act funny (not sure how) and some other random crap...these cars are amazing but once something starts acting up, it is the most random thing causing it
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Oh man, that is crazy! That is extremely dangerous. Don't play with that and get into dealer asap since you are on CPO. Don't let them tell you its the 22s either...how old is your battery? When my battery was on its way out on my '07 460, the car was acting hella strange..making the brakes act funny (not sure how) and some other random crap...these cars are amazing but once something starts acting up, it is the most random thing causing it
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Last edited by jmcraney; Mar 1, 2013 at 04:00 PM.
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From: Florida
Oh man, that is crazy! That is extremely dangerous. Don't play with that and get into dealer asap since you are on CPO. Don't let them tell you its the 22s either...how old is your battery? When my battery was on its way out on my '07 460, the car was acting hella strange..making the brakes act funny (not sure how) and some other random crap...these cars are amazing but once something starts acting up, it is the most random thing causing it
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From: MA
I was going to post to have you check the battery, but then I thought that probably isn't it. Now after reading the above posts, I say " check the battery". I had a 300ZX that did something similar and it was the battery.
Ok so I had to drop my car off at the dealer. In the past 2 days the radio shut down twice. I also got this error message while parking. Electrical Equipment operation is limited. The electronic steering would stiffen up for a slight second. As if I wasn't getting enough juice.
