Electrical issue - battery light on, no radio
Electrical issue - battery light on, no radio
Hello all, need some help please. My battery light keeps coming on for the past few days (it's been checked at AZ; the alternator and batt come back as fine) and the terminals are tight. This AM on the way to work, the radio went dark and no power to it. Lights were on, heater, blinkers, everything else is working but the batt light on and no radio. ANY ideas on what to check?
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The IAT sensor probably went bad.
If the alternator is charging at a flat ~13.5 volts in the car, that is most likely the culprit.
Have you checked for any codes?
If the alternator is charging at a flat ~13.5 volts in the car, that is most likely the culprit.
Have you checked for any codes?
Bill
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester
2000 Neon MTX swap with '02 R/T PCMOlha Koba, a psychologist in Kyiv, said that “anger and hate in this situation is a normal reaction and important to validate.” But it is important to channel it into something useful, she said, such as making incendiary bombs out of empty bottles.
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester
Hey Occasional Demons, glad you replied man! No codes, hoping there would be after 2 days of this but nothing. Only the battery light and today no radio. Now, the positive terminal was loose the day before yesterday and as of last night that sucker was so freakin' tight the whole battery moved when you tried to move the terminal, did that to the negative also just to cover my butt.occasional demons wrote:The IAT sensor probably went bad.
If the alternator is charging at a flat ~13.5 volts in the car, that is most likely the culprit.
Have you checked for any codes?
No radio at all when I pulled out of the driveway this morning and about 5 miles down the road from home, the batt light came on. When I got to work, I shut the car off, smoked a cigarette and tried to start it again. Dead as can be. Went out on first break, loosened the positive terminal and wiggled it, tried to start it and when it fired up, I left it running and tightened down the terminal again but still no radio and the radio fuse is fine. Any ideas my friend??
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Not sure on the radio, but the terminals may need cleaned, or replaced.
Bill
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester
2000 Neon MTX swap with '02 R/T PCMOlha Koba, a psychologist in Kyiv, said that “anger and hate in this situation is a normal reaction and important to validate.” But it is important to channel it into something useful, she said, such as making incendiary bombs out of empty bottles.
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester