ELECTRICAL Problems =\

[gian52]

My car been acting really stupid lately it turns on fine just sometimes when i turn it on nothing absolutely nothing electrical turns on inside of the car no gauges, no ac, no radio, the windows dont go down, no dome light, no nothing everything is pitch black. so i turn off the car and turn it on like 20 times still nothing. then couple hours later it goes back to normal ?? when it comes to electrical probs i really dont even know where to start. any suggestion guys ?

[zachattack_5491]

Ignition switch? Did you check the fuses and battery? You're gonna have to do a little more work on your end to get a good answer.

[gian52]

am sorry. yea all my fuses are good i checked em and so is my battery. if the ignition switch is messed up wouldnt the car not turn on ?

[s13sickboi]

bad ground... check battery cables asap

[gian52]

bad ground... check battery cables asap

hrmm... good point its pouring outside right now am going to check the second it stops

[gian52]

hrmm the ground from the battery is connected to the battery tray. the nut on the tray is full of oil and its looks real real worn out plus it has another ground connected to in take mani on that same bolt. i think we fould the problema. thank you hopefully this will be it.

[NismoRTuneS13]

i would check all around the ground also. i had the same thing happen to me, i checked and made sure everything was grounded properly... come to find out there were some slightly cut wires... Best thing to do to save time and frustration in the end is to check EVERYTHING!!!

[raven2345]

^Check grounds and any wires you might have messed with before and snagged. But especially make sure both cables on the battery are superbly tight, as that's usually overlooked too.

[-RJ-]

My s14 had that same problem. Turned out my battery cables were bad

[gian52]

am going to change my battery cables and am going to buy new terminals plus order a ground kit for my car all my grounds are all worn out and filled with oil. my old motor leaked from everywhere so ive had to replace almost every bushing cause of it i def. overlooked the grounds. i never knew how important this things were. dont wanna jump off topic but i was looking at a voltage stabilizer on ebay ?? should i jump on this also or u guys think new grounds is fine ?

[revolutionz_s13]

dont waste your money on a voltage stabalizer....just get a length of good cables and ring terminals, and replace all the grounds on your battery/motor. you should be set to go.