uneek360

Ok, so i was driving to work, and i let go of the gas to do a turn when i noticed my rpm and speedo jumping back n fourth, so i thought nothing of it. I started to accelerate and it went back to normal, but every time i would turn my turn signals, let go of the gas or anything electrical they would go crazy.

Also when i turned my headlights they where flickering and barely even coming on (HIDs). Now i checked out all my ground connections and they are perfect and to tell you the truth i'm at a lost cus i haven't a clue WTF is wrong. I drove my car earlier with not one problem. When i got to work, i turned the car off and i quickly went to go turn it back on and it seemed like it had a dead battery. So i left it alone for afew minutes and tried it again and it turned on like a champ and everything seemed normal. But when i shut the car off again and tried once more it was acting like before. Also when i turned the car on i unplugged the positive from the battery while running and it shut right off, is that normal ?? I can't think right now being that i have been awake for almost 24 hours

If anybody has a clue in what to check/resolve this please let me know thanks

HCivicSi23

Check all the fuses, both underhood and underdash fuse boxes. Is your car throwing a CEL?

TurbodreamZ

dude same thing happened to me.. 0-120 in like 2 seconds.. thats hella fast. ya i checked my alternator belt. and it was torn. so i replaced that, the alternator and battery and it was normal.

uneek360

yeps i think it's my alt. though the belt is in perfect condition.

Ne-ways i tried to drive my car just now and i made it pass the driveway and it just shut down.

uneek360

can sum1 please confirm that it's my alternator ?? I don't wanna spend $300 for a new one and it not be the issue... though i strongly feel that it's the culprit.

egsleepercivic

autozone will test your alt for free

HCivicSi23

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You can use a ohmeter to test the alternator. Check a haynes manual or something to find out exactly what the voltage should be at when trying to start. I don't know what it should be off hand.

MeanGreenMachine

the symptoms that the op of this thread is stating is what happened to me when my alternator was going bad.....

uneek360

FIXED. THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS

it was the alternator, kinda glad it was that and not some short somewhere or a loose wire.