Strange Happenings
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Burning Brakes
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From: Perry Hall MD
Strange Happenings
I also posted this in General C5 but I guess it really belongs here.
Started the car tonight and drove about a half mile when all h**l broke lose. First I heard some chimes and the radio turned off, then the DIC flashed SERVICE TIRE SENSORS (or something to that effect), then SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING, CHECK GAUGES, then REDUCED POWER flashed. The car seemed to be running ok and I got toa point where I could pull over. I shut the car off and restarted it. Again chimes and the Radio when off, and PULL KEY WAIT 10 SEC appeared on teh DIC. I shut off the engine, pulled the key and waited atleast 10 sec. Started the motor and drove back home without another incident. When I got back from dinner I check the code on the DIC. The only codes where history codes, no current codes. I also checked the voltage on the DIC, it indicated between 13.6 and 14.1. There was one time that the volts were in the 12's before starting the motor but it went up to 13.9 quickly after I started the motor. The car was last run Sunday for about a 1 hour ride up I-83 then 1 hour back. I did not took up the Battery Tender. Also I drove the car for about 15 minutes after I started it with no issues. 2003 MN6 coupe if it helps. As far as I can tell the factory CL recall was done. Can anyone help or give me some guidance.
Thanks
Started the car tonight and drove about a half mile when all h**l broke lose. First I heard some chimes and the radio turned off, then the DIC flashed SERVICE TIRE SENSORS (or something to that effect), then SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING, CHECK GAUGES, then REDUCED POWER flashed. The car seemed to be running ok and I got toa point where I could pull over. I shut the car off and restarted it. Again chimes and the Radio when off, and PULL KEY WAIT 10 SEC appeared on teh DIC. I shut off the engine, pulled the key and waited atleast 10 sec. Started the motor and drove back home without another incident. When I got back from dinner I check the code on the DIC. The only codes where history codes, no current codes. I also checked the voltage on the DIC, it indicated between 13.6 and 14.1. There was one time that the volts were in the 12's before starting the motor but it went up to 13.9 quickly after I started the motor. The car was last run Sunday for about a 1 hour ride up I-83 then 1 hour back. I did not took up the Battery Tender. Also I drove the car for about 15 minutes after I started it with no issues. 2003 MN6 coupe if it helps. As far as I can tell the factory CL recall was done. Can anyone help or give me some guidance.
Thanks
Racer
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Lynnfield MA
As I was reading through, it sure was sounding like a low-voltage,
"I just woke up from my winter slumber" type of story that has
been pretty common the last several weeks.
I don't suppose you happened to check the voltage while all
this ruckus was going on?
Assuming it's not the battery (and that isn't necessarily a good
assumptions), then the next guess would be to start checking
your grounds (see sticky about electrical info at the top of the
Tech forum)
"I just woke up from my winter slumber" type of story that has
been pretty common the last several weeks.
I don't suppose you happened to check the voltage while all
this ruckus was going on?
Assuming it's not the battery (and that isn't necessarily a good
assumptions), then the next guess would be to start checking
your grounds (see sticky about electrical info at the top of the
Tech forum)
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 825
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From: Chicago South Side
my car did the same thing after a 12 hour drive, scared me to death, but I made it home. It ended up being my power cable to the back of the alternator wiggling looses. It would be all good then it started to freak out just like yours did, it would only get low for a second and then worse and worse till i was like driving with only 8 volts. tightened it up and the problem never happened again. If you just did your headers or similar work, check it out, thats what mine was about a week after my install.
