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Old 06-26-2008, 07:28 AM
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Default Lights dimming while driving down the road?

I know this subject has been beat like a drum but I need advice. Last night on my way home from work I was driving my 02 WS6, which is mostly stock, when all of a sudden all the lights went dim. They went back bright after about 30 seconds. A few minutes later it did it again and this time I knowticed the volts dropped to about the top of the red area. Again after a short time it went back to normal, lights guage and all. It did it again a couple more times on the trip home which is about 30 miles. I drove the car to work today and right off the bat the lights were dim and the guage low. It stayed this way halfway to work before finally brightening up and the guage returning to normal. Everything in the electrical system is stock and the car has about 45,000 miles. Thanks

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Old 06-26-2008, 07:42 AM
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Electrical problems can be tough, I had something simular a few years ago.

The terminal at the POS post on the Drivers Side, near the fuse boxes (under the hood), that nut came a little loose, and started doing all sorts of crazy stuff with my TA. It melted and almost broke some of the wires attached there.

Check it out, its worth a look.
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Originally Posted by Nightrydass
check you alt
+1 everytime this has happened my alt was going bad, you can take it to 0'reilly or Autozone and they test it for free.




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