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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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I have a stock 01 z28 a4 and I parked it after driving it last night and everything worked fine. This morning I woke up and the lights don't flash with keyless entry, the radio doesn't work or light up and the instrument cluster is like dead nothing works or lights up. Any idea what's goin on?
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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Check your battery/voltage. A few years ago my battery completely died overnight and my remote wouldn't even unlock the door.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 01:28 PM
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The car still starts and everything else l
seems normal though
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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Did you check all the fuses?
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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The ground behind the left kick panel is common to all of your problems. I would check there:
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Sorry, bad pic. THis one should be better:
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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I had almost the exact same issue and my alternator crapped the bed......It never showed any sign of failing just got in the car and everything electrical was acting crazy. There was a direct short inside my alternator.....You can unhook the power cable going to the alternator and if everything starts acting normal, buy an alternator.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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I have checked everything that y'all have suggested and eveything looks fine. I also just noticed my trunk won't pop and my asr will not work either. I think it might be time for a visit to Chevrolet
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check fuses/ body control module/ grounds
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you unhooked the wire from the alternator that goes to the battery and the connector off the top of the alternator as well??
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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check you terminal also. This was happing to mine but got so bad that when trying to turn on my car it would go dead. so I checked my terminals and it was cerroided as ****. So i cleaned that **** and now everything runs and works great! i was just about to buy a new altinator too.
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