Re: Dashboard Blackout!

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Tig join:2006-06-29 Carrying Place, ON Reviews: ·voip.ms ·TekSavvy DSL	reply to batsona Re: Dashboard Blackout! said by batsona: Anyone ever seen this before? --Also, no check engine light either.... My 96 Intrepid would have poltergeist moments. Heavy stumble, instruments whacked out and eventually stranding me with no power to the ignition. It never posted an error. I took the ignition switch out and found the contacts blackened. Burnishing the contacts restored normal operation. I later replaced the switch.
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batsona Maryland join:2004-04-17 Ellicott City, MD Reviews: ·Vonage ·Verizon FiOS	We can understand, using an extreme example.... Let's say someone took the thick positive wire off of the Alternator entirely.. Charging goes away, and we're down to just the voltage in the battery. --Things would get slightly dimmer, but wouldn't go out entirely... I guess now I vote for an intermittent ground (and it would have to be really close to the battery, in order for everything to go crazy like it did... With the weekend coming up, I'll have the light & time & energy to try to trace the batt neg cable.
	to forum · permalink · 2013-01-11 16:37:18 ·

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