Grounding issue or coincidence? End of my wits has been reached...
Car is a 95 LS sedan with 185k
So here are my problems:
-My door locks lock themselves randomly. Could be when hitting a bump, could be when braking hard, could be just cause they feel like locking themselves I guess. Not a huge issue, but an annoying one for sure.
-My ABS light comes on randomly and stops working when the light is on (obviously). Kinda the same as above. Could happen when I hit a bump, or brake hard or just because it feels like it (for lack of better explanation).
-My Head unit cuts out the same as all the above accept sometimes it kind of flickers off and on til I turn my car off and then back on. Sometimes it cuts out completely til I turn my car off and back on. Also it may be related to just the head unit but my sub cuts out and sometimes also will not come back on until I turn the car off and then back on.
-My starter is randomly not working when I start my car. That is common for a car this old though...could just be a bad starter (most likely anyway).
Do you think my car is really just falling apart or could there be a bad ground or multiple bad grounds somewhere causing this? And if so, where do I start checking? I'm not very electrically inclined but decently competent I suppose. Could this be an issue with grounding in the engine bay perhaps or something in the cabin? I've searched and not really found much of anything helpful...if anyone has an idea to save my sanity I could sure use it...
TIA
So here are my problems:
-My door locks lock themselves randomly. Could be when hitting a bump, could be when braking hard, could be just cause they feel like locking themselves I guess. Not a huge issue, but an annoying one for sure.
-My ABS light comes on randomly and stops working when the light is on (obviously). Kinda the same as above. Could happen when I hit a bump, or brake hard or just because it feels like it (for lack of better explanation).
-My Head unit cuts out the same as all the above accept sometimes it kind of flickers off and on til I turn my car off and then back on. Sometimes it cuts out completely til I turn my car off and back on. Also it may be related to just the head unit but my sub cuts out and sometimes also will not come back on until I turn the car off and then back on.
-My starter is randomly not working when I start my car. That is common for a car this old though...could just be a bad starter (most likely anyway).
Do you think my car is really just falling apart or could there be a bad ground or multiple bad grounds somewhere causing this? And if so, where do I start checking? I'm not very electrically inclined but decently competent I suppose. Could this be an issue with grounding in the engine bay perhaps or something in the cabin? I've searched and not really found much of anything helpful...if anyone has an idea to save my sanity I could sure use it...
TIA
had the same **** happen but only with my sub...replaced the ground first and it kept doing it till i got a new battery then it stopped. have you tried a new battery yet?
Interesting...it does make some sense that it could be the battery. I replaced it just under a year ago and I cant remember if thats when all this started happening...I'll give that a shot.
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