A new battery did the trick. The old one was still under the free replacement

Aug 20, 2014
3:59:15pm

Cosmo Kramer

period, so I got a new battery for free! Unfortunately, while the battery was freaking out, the speedometer needle got pegged at top speed, and is still pegged there. Grrrrrrr.

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Cosmo Kramer

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Messages

Author

Time

What's wrong with my car?

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 1:46pm

Feline AIDS.

kunarcougar

8/20/14 1:48pm

If only it were that trivial

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 1:49pm

Are you sure there aren't multiple fuse boxes?

workindev

8/20/14 1:51pm

This. Check to see if there's a second one under the hood.

BYUMizzou

8/20/14 1:52pm

I'm not sure

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 1:52pm

RE: I'm not sure

MrF

8/20/14 2:02pm

Negative. The manual says there is one under the dash for the front power

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 2:16pm

"Power on the AC Unit"?

CosmoK

8/20/14 1:55pm

I was afraid I wasn't using the correct terminology. The heat/AC system has a

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 4:22pm

When my alternator was dying my car did some funky things like this.

Solid-State Blue

8/20/14 1:57pm

My airbag light comes on, which is a big pain.

CosmoK

8/20/14 2:01pm

My Camry did something similar (funky electrical issues) and it ended up

collie418

8/20/14 2:00pm

put some robitussin down into the gas tank. Oughta do the trick

Mayor of Cougartown

8/20/14 2:06pm

Hmm... Didn't work. I'll try adding more.

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 2:18pm

I did some research for you. It sounds like this is a common problem, and there

BYUMizzou

8/20/14 2:10pm

Awesome. Thanks!

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 2:25pm

I had similar strange electrical problems on 2001 caravan

Hobo

8/20/14 2:29pm

I'll take a look

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 2:42pm

A new battery did the trick. The old one was still under the free replacement

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 3:59pm

Did you have the battery tested? This sounds like an alternator issue now. . .

CosmoK

8/20/14 4:06pm

I found a forum that showed how to do an instrument panel diagnostic.

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 4:20pm

Was this the one where you turn your fan on high and poke the rear wiper

BYUMizzou

8/20/14 4:32pm

No. I pressed the tripometer reset button and held it down for 10 seconds.

Cosmo Kramer

8/20/14 4:51pm

I should have done more research when I was having my electrical problems.

Hobo

8/20/14 6:25pm

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