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Old Dec 13, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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Hello, so far I haven't found what my problem is. Maybe this belongs in the maintence section?

Once in a while, like when its hot outside, the passenger door doesn't lock when you lock the car with the keys or manually from the drivers side, not too much of a problem...

Now, I've noticed, like maybe once a month or so, maybe twice or so. The car's head lights dim when breaking or signaling... sometimes the radio will go out for a bit when signling. This isn't every day or every time I start the car. Just once in a while very sporadically. I checked the battery and its' fine. Could the wireing need replacing or something? Any ideas? Thanks

It's a 93 sc300 with 120k miles.
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Old Dec 13, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by silkiechic
Hello, so far I haven't found what my problem is. Maybe this belongs in the maintence section?

Once in a while, like when its hot outside, the passenger door doesn't lock when you lock the car with the keys or manually from the drivers side, not too much of a problem...

Now, I've noticed, like maybe once a month or so, maybe twice or so. The car's head lights dim when breaking or signaling... sometimes the radio will go out for a bit when signling. This isn't every day or every time I start the car. Just once in a while very sporadically. I checked the battery and its' fine. Could the wireing need replacing or something? Any ideas? Thanks

It's a 93 sc300 with 120k miles.
Usually when electrical systems suffer from braking, it is the cause of a bad grounding somewhere.
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 01:01 PM
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What's up stranger??? Where've you been? Playing with chickens probably

I had this same issue and I bought a new battery and had all my grounds checked and tightened and this solved the problem. Do a search for "ghosts" or "electrical ghosts" and read what I was talking about

Fix it before it gets worse. You can get a good inexpensive battery from Walmart if you need to.
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 02:58 PM
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Thanks, I'll go check the grounding on the car.

To what I've been up to. Just alot of school work and just a little bit of the chickens. Today was my last final so life is good... I hope... hehe.
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