I'm sorry for the noob post, but I've never been the wire type. I just came back from my lunch break with a friend from work, pulled into the nearest parking space, turned off the engine, and began rolling up my windows. The car made a weird straining noise, and all of a sudden everything went dead. My car wouldn't turn on or start, I couldn't lock my doors, I couldn't roll up my windows, and my alarm wouldn't work. About 10-15 minutes later (after I took a...nevermind) i tryed it again, and kept trying to start the car untill it finally worked. Two hours later when I got to my girlfriends house the same thing happend. I don't know if its the alternator, the battery, I think there is corrosion around the pos and neg but it was never a problem before.

 

Main relay?

 

Modified by CardDealer at 4:14 PM 11/17/2006

 

yea i never thought about the main relay, how much does that cost to fix n e ways? and it made the straining noise when i turned the key to on and was about to turn off the car. AND NO I DIDN'T TURN THE KEY THE WRONG WAY

 

maybe the alternater is out, my dad's car broke down, it will jump start but as soon as i take off the jump cable the power lose again.
it could be not i am not sure.

 

You said that it worked again after a while... So it's a problem that's coming and going? Have you been able to start the car since? Any power coming from the battery at all? What's your voltage reading when the car is off? If you're able to start the car, what's the voltage after you start it? If you can't start, does the starter at least crank? What's the voltage when you're cranking?

 

Sounds like either a weak battery and/or bad connections at the battery. Either way, remove the cables from the battery terminals, clean them with baking soda and water, hook em back up and try that. This may be a simple fix to a weird problem. Good Luck.

 

The main relay would only effect starting not other electrical pieces.

I would clean the battery posts, and if that dose not work have the battery tested.

 

I agree, I ve had something similar happen to me before and it turned out to be a loose battery terminal.

 

w00t, my 5th gen was 0wned by GaNgStAz y0!!!!!!

 

clean the battery and see what happends before i spend any $$$

 

sounds simple enough, but how much does it cost?