so this morning i went out to my car to let it warm up and noticed right away that my interior lights didnt come on so i was okay? i hope the battery isnt dead, started fine and all i come back out from after brushing me teeth and i get in and notice that my clock has restarted back to 1:00... and i hear a ticking noise... almost like a second hand ticking in a clock... so then i see the door light and the trunk hatch light flashing along with this ticking... so im driving down the road all this still going on and it was raining so i used the wind sheild wipers on the delay and it would do like 5-6 ticks and do a full swipe come back down... and then on full fast mode whatever it worked normal... so im driving this is all still going on i decide to try to use the 2 front lights up front again still no light but this time i noticed the ticking getting faint the clock going dim... so i turn it off and the ticking was back at full strong again so i turn the lights on again... still no light from it... and let the clock completely die down this time all ticking is gone turn the light off clock comes back on restarted to 1:00 and no ticking, no flashing hatch light or door light, wiper delay works fine like there was nothing wrong... anyone with this problem or may know whats up... the ticking sounds as if its under that dash.. is it this main relay box that i have just fixed and resodered the connections about 5 months ago? did the connections crack again... i dont know but electrical problems from this car and my hatch are pissing me off...

 

I'd just take the battery to an auto parts store and get them to test it. it's the easiest thing at this point, and if the battery is [freak]ed up, it's a good place to start.

 

no the battery is only 5 months old

 

Oh, so much for that idea...

Then I would say have the car run so the ticking occurs and try to find out where exactly it's coming from.

but bump for real answers

 

anyone?

 

Disconnect ur battery, Check all your grounds, if you have ne loose wires under the dash make sure u cover them with electrical tape, and if u have a radio make sure it is wired in right and make sure that you have no naked wires that are shorting out .
I have a 90 DA9 and had this problem, it turned out that my radio wasn't wired in right and caused the short.
Replace all the blown fuses under ur dash and hook ur battery back up.

 

yeah i was kinda thinking of doing this b/c i do think its the radio... and hopefully the **** isnt fused out... b/c thats what just happened in my hatch about 2 weeks ago... the idiot before me did a half a$$ wire job and i just pushed my head unit in and smoke was pouring out the car so i ran and unhooked the battery and just watched the smoke pour out just standing wondering if my little 4,000 dollar project was going to go up in smoke...