Who can solve this one?

[CARS GONE WILD]

Alright so here's the situation...

I get up, go to my car, press the ulock button, and nothing happens. I proceed to press all buttons on the remote (the remote works) but no response from car. I manually open the car with the key, then I insert the key into the slot and turn, ABSOLUTELY no lights turn on, nothing happens, ALL IS SILENT. :???:

It was working perfectly the day before.

And no, it's not a dead battery, this has happened to me on a few occasions before, and I would just come back to it a couple of hours later and she starts up and does everything like nothing happened. :mad:

See if you can figure this one out. ;)

[xGibbyx]

You probably have a loose connection somewhere. Check your batter cables - and especially your battery cable lug, they like to strip out, that happened on my car.

[Matt95GT]

http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/faq.php?faq=maint_repair#faq_batt_serv

[CARS GONE WILD]

thanks guys.

But I still can't figure out why it would start up a few hours later like nothing happened.

Edit: Oh and where can you get aftermarket slip on rubber boots for the battery terminals? Goggle won't talk. :(

[rixGAphx]

Edit: Oh and where can you get aftermarket slip on rubber boots for the battery terminals? Goggle won't talk. :(At every parts store, 'Exide' has a display of battery cables and accessories.
Most of the aftermarket boots are for top-post cables; you can kinda jury-rig them to work on sidepost cables.

You really hafta look to find these for sideposts (this is from the Checker/Kragen/Schucks website):
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=DOR&MfrPartNumber=60300&CategoryCode=3012

There's absolutely nothing wrong with leaving the NEG (black) ground terminal exposed to god and everybody.

It's the red POS terminal that needs insulating to prevent accidental shorting-to-ground if a wrench or other metal object slips.
If you can't find these slip-on boots, just wrap the hell out of the POS terminal with RED electrical tape (don't use black, lest some fool think that's your NEG terminal and mis-applies jumper cables that then fries your $500 engine computer).
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The cable is prolly only barely holding on by a few strands.
It works intemittently because sometimes there's enough conductivity to flow adequate electrical current, and sometimes there's just too much resistance.
The conductivity of corroded metal varies greatly with humidity and temperature.
Old British sports cars like Triumphs and MG's actually DEPENDED on foggy London weather for decent electrical operation (at least that's my theory of Lucas Electrics :roll: ).

[CARS GONE WILD]

Thanks Rick. I just removed my battery and saw that the positive end corroded to shiat. :lol:

All I did was cleaned her up with steel wool and covered the contact points in dielectric grease. No time to go to any autoparts store right now.

[CARS GONE WILD]

Is it possible for bad battery/ground connections to make a car run rich?

Before I cleaned the connections (and, I guess, reset the ECU), It would run horrible at idle, smell of gasoline, get a horrible 15.5 mpg in the city, and have (compared to now) a lot more power throughout the band.
I'm not lying, I kept up, neck in neck, with my friend's 270 hp V6 cvt altima (the new 2007 model). Albeit only throught first gear. And then he raped me. :lol:

But now, I'm not so confident i could do the same.

I'm grateful that it runs beautifully smooth, and doesn't smell of gasoline anymore. But it has AT LEAST 30 less horsepower (according my butt dyno). It just feels so weak now.

I want the power back. :bawl:

[sunrunner_pei]

Is it possible for bad battery/ground connections to make a car run rich?

Before I cleaned the connections (and, I guess, reset the ECU), It would run horrible at idle, smell of gasoline, get a horrible 15.5 mpg in the city, and have (compared to now) a lot more power throughout the band.
I'm not lying, I kept up, neck in neck, with my friend's 270 hp V6 cvt altima (the new 2007 model). Albeit only throught first gear. And then he raped me. :lol:

But now, I'm not so confident i could do the same.

I'm grateful that it runs beautifully smooth, and doesn't smell of gasoline anymore. But it has AT LEAST 30 less horsepower (according my butt dyno). It just feels so weak now.

I want the power back. :bawl:


Anytime you disconnect the battery for an extended period you reset the PCM. It takes a while for the PCM to 'relearn'. Drive the car during this period the way you normally would. If in doubt, disconnect the negative cable for 20 minutes and have it relearn again. But I'm thinking the PCM is still relearning from the last reset.

[Firefox234]

Yeah it takes like 30-50 miles to relearn if I remember right. I've been told its a good idea to do if its a used car. This way the PCM is programmed to your driving habits. Then again I could be wrong, wouldn't the the first or last time lol.