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Very weird electrical problem turning off car

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Shane916

15+ Year Contributor
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May 7, 2004
Sacramento, California
Everything was running fine. I turn on the car as usual. it starts and runs fine. then i turn on the headlights. i noticed the fog lights look very dim so i turned the brights on and the car died along with everything else. almost like a kill switch. so i go to turn it back on and nothing. radio works gauges light up, but it wont turn over at all. after trying to jump it nothing happens. so finally we pop start it with the headlights ON. it starts! then i notice the "brights" bulb is slightly lit up (but not on) the whole way home. so i get home with no others problems and left the car running..then I tested the car. i turned on the blinker to see what would happen..well it pulsed every single light in the car as the blinker pulsed. and i mean every single light. so after that i tried to turn the brights on again and it killed the car as it did before. the only thing i can think of is i recently got an alarm installed and that may have possibly made it go weird. but i honestly have no idea cuz it wont start unless a popstart. any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks
 
maybe your battery is dead, I don't trust the battery testers they have at Autopart stores. They said mine was fine, I got it charged, a month later it completely dies out on me. Got a new battery the same day and my car started without a problem.
 
hmm not sure. the radio and all the lights worked fine before and after charging it for about 8 minutes. But ya never know :(
 
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