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Arun Rao asked: > Half-way into the 21 mile ride, battery warning light starts to glow, > and then the auto-check display also brings up a nice little battery > picture. Fuel and temperature gauges start dropping, engine seems to > be OK, but I know (bright boy that I am) that all is not well. About 4 miles from home, engine quits and I manage to coast into the shoulder. > > All electricals are *completely* dead: no lights, not even the temperature > display on the climate control. Cursory glance at the belt reveals > nothing, and I go and call for the AAA tow-truck. > > And now the mystery starts. Settling down in the car to wait for the > truck, I try the ignition just for the heck of it. Car starts right up, > as if nothing had happened! No weak battery, no nothing ! I hope this is not it.....and since I'm catching up after a week's trip, maybe this has been answered...but I kinda wonder if your main computer (shudder) is sick. This sounds eerily like a problem we had in our 84 5KT which resulted in replacing the main computer with one from a wrecking yard (which worked nicely....) Hope it's NOT!!! aTm************A Washington State Cougar in Aggieland**********aTm Al Powell Voice: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 Texas A&M University Email: a-powell1@tamu.edu WWW page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/rpe/alpage.htm "Knowledge is good" - Animal House...statue at Faber College
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