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#1 of 2 Wierd starting incident by alexmarti Mar 08, 2009 (9:15 am)
Started my 2001 deville this morning fine, noticed my A/C clutch was not kicking in and getting to cool air. I then started checking for blown fuses and all checked okay. I then went to start the car and the car would not start, my headlights would not go on and my instrument panel would not light up. Power windows, seats, and radio were fine, all I would hear is a slight clicking from the fuse box under my rear seat. I then decided to disconnect my battery and connect it again, I turned the key to on position my headlights came on my instrument panel came back on but was indicated no level on fuel gage, no level on temp gage and some dashes in various areas, and my gear position in (D), car still now starting. Any advice? Thank Replies to this message: bolivar (Mar 09, 2009 12:13 am)
#2 of 2 Re: Wierd starting incident [alexmarti] by bolivar Mar 09, 2009 (12:13 am)
Replying to: alexmarti (Mar 08, 2009 9:15 am) Check the cables on that battery under the rear seat. Ground wire especially where it bolts into the body. This was loose on mine, the voltage constantly bounced from 12 to 15.5 volts. A bad ground here could cause all kind of strange problems. But I would also pull both cables on the battery and make sure they are clean and tight when they are put back on.   A battery that is just about to fail can also cause a varied set of strange problems. If the car isn't getting a nice 12.5 volts or so, it will do strange things. And/or the alternator isn't putting out enough power. But if the alternator is running low voltage/power, usually the computer will indenify this and set an error message in the display.

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