electrical problems with 99 trans am
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electrical problems with 99 trans am well I am new to this forum, Ive been having issues with my ride lately and can't figure out what it might be, maybe I can have some assistance here.
I was driving my trans am to work, after turning off the engine I was going to raise the driver's side window, it did not budge (note: been having this happen for few days before). So I decide to start the engine just in case, and nothing, car won't start. So I am at work already and just leave the car there and deal with it after work. So later that day I try to start the car and it starts with no problem. I make it home just fine. Few days later, maybe three. I am at a red light and I feel the car shake a little, like its wanting to shut off but it does not. I am able to drive about half a mile more until the car shuts down. I am guessing that it was the battery so I turn on the lights and they are fine, wipers were moving at a good speed too. I start the car once more and able to drive about 100 feet and then it shuts off for good. I try cranking it but it struggles. I jump it with my Duralast jump starter and nothing. I get a tow truck, he tries to jump the battery too and nothing. Im guessing it has to be the battery. I take it to the auto part store to have it tested and results show its fine, I only bought the battery two years ago. So I put back it and the car starts. I get the battery, alternator, and starter tested with the multimeter and everything checks out good.
Anyone have a clue?
I was driving my trans am to work, after turning off the engine I was going to raise the driver's side window, it did not budge (note: been having this happen for few days before). So I decide to start the engine just in case, and nothing, car won't start. So I am at work already and just leave the car there and deal with it after work. So later that day I try to start the car and it starts with no problem. I make it home just fine. Few days later, maybe three. I am at a red light and I feel the car shake a little, like its wanting to shut off but it does not. I am able to drive about half a mile more until the car shuts down. I am guessing that it was the battery so I turn on the lights and they are fine, wipers were moving at a good speed too. I start the car once more and able to drive about 100 feet and then it shuts off for good. I try cranking it but it struggles. I jump it with my Duralast jump starter and nothing. I get a tow truck, he tries to jump the battery too and nothing. Im guessing it has to be the battery. I take it to the auto part store to have it tested and results show its fine, I only bought the battery two years ago. So I put back it and the car starts. I get the battery, alternator, and starter tested with the multimeter and everything checks out good.
Anyone have a clue?
corrosion on the cables
broken ground or loose ground (the one attached to the body under/near the fuse boxes and near the alternator)
Battery could still be bad....sometimes they test fine and they're bad inside. They work, then they don't.
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broken ground or loose ground (the one attached to the body under/near the fuse boxes and near the alternator)
Battery could still be bad....sometimes they test fine and they're bad inside. They work, then they don't.
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Oh, also people have had "cracked" positive cables that cause all those problems too. The cable, inside the rubber coating literally cracks in two and the electricity cannot travel through sometimes.
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