Weird stuff
Melting Slicks
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Cruising
Joined: Mar 2007
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Wife pulls car out of garage into driveway. Sets p brake and leaves my automatic selector in R and leaves the car. The car then beeps three times she had the FOB in her hand. So the car was obviously telling us it was not in park. We put it in park and the green light on the ignition illuminated and so we left the car. 2 hrs later the car wont start and flipped out. The DIC says all kinds of messages (FOB not detected, service active handling, reduced power etc and the windows went down halfway and the up and the doors would lock and unlock on their own, We could hear all kinds of relays clicking and wurring. The car would not start so I dic the neg on the battery(BTW the lights seemed dim too) to reset computer but it did not help. Finally I hooked up a battery charger and after a few minutes on it it started and ran fine. The battery voltage once it started was 14.0. I drove it on the freeway for a while and it stayed from 14.0 to 13.8-9. I parked shut it off and held the ac down to get a volt reading of the battery and it was 12.4 so..........
..............WHAT the HELL just happened?
Is this the start of a computer going bad?
The car has had a tune, headers, honker for what that is worth.
..............WHAT the HELL just happened?
Is this the start of a computer going bad?
The car has had a tune, headers, honker for what that is worth.
the exact same thing happened to me..
i checked out the battery terminals and found lots of crud on the positive post -- cleaned both and the car worked fine -- a note --
be aware that as soon as you reconnect your battery -- the alarm will
most likely go off so be ready -- also your windows will need to be reprogrammed so they lower when you exit or enter your car..
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Gilroy CA
You might want to check the tightness of both cables on the battery terminals. I talked to a Corvette shop mechanic this week that told me that he has seen a few C6's come in with electrical gremlins and he found loose terminals that were never tightened properly from the factory.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Northern Calif
interesting you say that because when I did r and r the neg term the lights got brighter. Maybe it was a bad connection. But looking at the clamps it looks like a slip fit. Nothing to cinch together.
Racer
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Plainview New York
What next
Had all those same (weird stuff) events.What should be my next step? After a jump yesterday and a 40 minute ride (about 4 hrs. later) I checked my volts via Acc. mode where it showed 11.8. The car started right up, if I did'nt have the previously mentioned dead battery I would not have noticed anything peculiar or even check these readings. This morning before starting, I checked the voltage and it showed 11.3, again if I would'nt have looked the start was normal. I am planning to bring the car in for a check on Tuesday. Besides having the battery checked, is there anything else that I could mention for them to check. I value the forums suggestions greatly because I seem to get the right answers all the time. Thanks for any help. The battery as well as the car is 10 months old.(1200 miles)
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