Electrical problems after rainstorm

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lliwill
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Car: 1990 240sx Hatchback

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OK. So after a night out I left my windows rolled down before a bad storm. Everything on the passanger side got completely soaked. Now the car won't start(does absolutely nothing as if the battery were gone), baterry is fine, lights on my dash aren't turning on, the cont-passive belt module makes a clicking noise, radio doesn't turn on,and interior lights are dim. Here's what gets me though, this happened about a week ago, wouldn't start. Yesterday, while I was at an Ultimate tournament, my father was able to just start it up, none of these symptoms, several times, even took it to the grocery store. But today when I went to start it up, nothing. :wtf2: Same as before.

Does anybody have any ideas what may me going on that I can look for? I'm still " new" with dealing with electrical stuff so any advice would be more than helpful.


sonny1335
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Car: 1993 240sx coupe RB20
Location: Iowa

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exact same thing happened to me. All i could hears is the passive cont ecu clicking. MIne needed up being a bad connection at the battery. try wiggling the terminals on the battery or get new ones.

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hudy
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Car: 1991 240SX SE Hatch

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Check fuses?

lliwill
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Car: 1990 240sx Hatchback

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sonny1335 wrote:exact same thing happened to me. All i could hears is the passive cont ecu clicking. MIne needed up being a bad connection at the battery. try wiggling the terminals on the battery or get new ones.

Welp, that pretty much was it. Got new terminal started right up. I have to ask, did this happen to you after the interior got wet too? I'm just curious as if that was actually related to the problem or just by chance happened at the same time. I was really worried I'd have some tough electrical issue.

And thanks for the reply, I would've been looking into all sort of stupid things for such a simple fix :dblthumb:


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