abrandi Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 OK heres a brief history...a couple of weeks ago I started my car in the morning as usual and it would not stay running unless I held the gas pedal down. After it is driven for a couple of minutes it will not stall...note...it will do this randomly sometimes starting with no issue at all. 2 nights ago I was driving and my power steering went out...then it would come back for a few seconds again randomly.Next day no problem with the steering at all. Yesterday I was driving it, I stopped for a red light the battery light, ABS and Traction Control Lights all came on...a message was displayed "service charging system" not the first time I have seen this message it comes on for a few seconds and then goes off. All my gauges dropped as if the car was off and yet it was still running...I drove off and battery voltage increased wipers were slow and window was going crazy as I was trying to roll it up...drove i for 35 minutes no issues. I stopped at a gas station went in, came out and car would not start...all lights, seat, radio were working but all I got were clicks...shut everything off tried to start same response. Walked home, my husband went to check it out and it started right up and didnt even stall. Brought it home parked it and it was dead again. Today it started up he drove it for about 10 minutes came home turned it off and then tried immediately to start and it wouldn't start. Tonight I went out battery was at 11.5 while not started and 15.1 once started. We have replaced the serpentine belt and battery in the last year, the alternator tests fine, battery has good amps and doesn't really go dead...we have tried fuel injector cleaner thinking we got bad gas initially...what could it be? Tomorrow we will check out the venting, grounds and battery posts. Any help would be appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Verbal descriptions often fail to paint the entire picture. We need the Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) to tell "the rest of the story". Here is how you can display your DTC (have a Big Chief tablet and a Crayola handy); http://www.caddyinfo.com/readingcodes.html Post the codes for us and someone will provide guidance. Jim Drive your car. Use your cell phone. CHOOSE ONE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrandi Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Small problem I ran the codes and I didn't know what I was doing and cleared them before writing them down...there were a million of them; some saying History, some saying current, will they appear again after it is driven or starts again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrandi Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Verbal descriptions often fail to paint the entire picture. We need the Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) to tell "the rest of the story". Here is how you can display your DTC (have a Big Chief tablet and a Crayola handy); http://www.caddyinfo.com/readingcodes.html Post the codes for us and someone will provide guidance. Small problem I ran the codes and I didn't know what I was doing and cleared them before writing them down...there were a million of them; some saying History, some saying current, will they appear again after it is driven or starts again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Yes. Jim Drive your car. Use your cell phone. CHOOSE ONE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdgrinci Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Sounds like a battery problem. While the codes may help (they may also be set because of the battery problem). An internal 'short' or 'open' in the battery may cause the symptoms you describe. Heat/vibration could have caused the battery to loose its ability to function (as part of the circuit). By all means check your codes again (they may tell a different story) but keep in mind, ramdom electrical problems frequently are attributed to a bad battery and or connections. Your charging voltage of 15 volts pretty much eliminates the alternator and the 11.5 points to the battery loosing a cell. Chuck '19 CT6, '04 Bravada........but still lusting for that '69 Z-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot rod Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 My battery lost a cell a month ago.It was throwing random codes and driving me nuts,but it started every time. finally it went out completely and jumped it 3 times in a day to get a battery.After that all was well.I know autozone can read the codes. Advance auto parts cleared the codes on my other car once i fixed the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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