Everytime I stop so does my radio

[chavez408]

Well iv been having this really weird problem with my car. It seems that while I am crusing on the road and I decide to step on the brakes, my radio turns off and in a few seconds it will turn itself again. This only happens everyother day and it only occurs while the car is in motion. I know the car does need brakes, would this be a problem? It is equipt with abs. Oh yeah, sometimes I feel a small hesetation when this happens, and I think my battery light goes on for half a second. This just barely started happening 4 days ago.

 

[1990gsx1781]

that happened to me when i had my 3000gt it was a loose ground, so that might be the case for you good luck

 

[chavez408]

Can you be more specific on witch ground it was?

 

[evileclipse909]

Just trace the 2 ground wires coming off the negative battery terminal one will bolt through one of your starter wires and the other is on the firewall next to the battery.

 

[1990gsx1781]

i would check the one by the firewall because if you dont have you battery tied down it will slowly yank it out of the crimp like it happened to me everything went messed up on it so just check both grounds take them off and sand paper them down for the hell off it might be rusted

 

[chavez408]

Dang, the car won't even start no more it doesn't not even crank. I believe it is my alternator that gave out. When I was rolling the windows up my interior lights would flicker. I, also check for a loose a ground, and nothing. This is my second alt in 4 months? Stupid fp mani....

 

[Highbooost]

If your car does not start that is a battery problem. The car can run on the battery alone, until the charge has run out. If the alt is bad it won't keep the battery recharging as you are driving. I think the advice of checking out basic grounds and power at the battery are a start. Jump the car and get it going, stick a volt meter on the battery and see what the voltage is, of course make sure you have removed the jumper cables before checking or that will falesify your readings. If the readings are 12 or less you have a bad alt. If the thing is reading 13.3 or more the alt should be good. It sounds like a battery issue to me, the radio is usually the first thing to bite the dust when juice gets low, the car starts to run like ass as well becuase the ecu is not seeing proper voltage. The radio will dim out just like you said and then maybe kick back on. Heat during the summer is death on batteries.

Later Dr Turbo

 

[eclipsegst1990]

Had a similar problem, the radio would flicker and shut off at idle or at a stop. This has happened to me a few times and it was always the alternator. Also, this also happened in my truck too and it was also the alt. Check that voltage...