whole lotta electrical problems

[duece01]

okay, here's the deal. My cd players and clock pod kick out randomely now and then, prob 6 times in the last 2 months, usually for about 10-60 min. the last time they kicked out they went out for a couple days. also, when its kicked out, my power windows and power locks wont work when the car is off, only when the engine is still running. I think something's wrong with my relay or something. Yes I checked all my fuses. My other problem is that I installed some led's in my dash and I had to take apart most of my dash to do it. when I put it back together I realized that my gas gauge wasn't working, so I reseated the connections to my gauges and it still didn't work. then that night a realized that my center dash lights were only half working. the heat control and half the numbers on the fan speed are out... clock pod still works. then I find out that my driving lights are out on my driver's side too. my headlights run, but the fog light and tail light wont. turn signals still work. again, all the fuses were checked. and just in case any of you are wondering... I ran a wire straight off the battery, to a switch, to the led's, then grounded to the frame with a resistors. the only thing I did that was stupid is when I cleaned the posts when hooking up the power wire, my bro had the acc on and the battery arced a few times. any ideas would be much appreciated, thanx

[808drifter]

either your batterys going, or you fried somthing.

[duece01]

I'm pretty sure my battery is pretty shot and its gonna be replaced pretty quick here.. whoever had the car before me ran the battery totally dry. but I don't think a cooked battery explains why my lights arn't working... have any ideas of where I can start looking for what I fried? start testing my lights and just track back till I'm not getting anything?

[808drifter]

well change your batery 1st cause tyrin to start your car on a dieing it will kill your starter (i would know i just replaced mine last month)

[duece01]

thanx for the heads up.. I had no clue, I figured mayeb I could get a few more months outta it before I have to throw more money at it. I'll grab a new battery tomorow and repost if anything changes.

[duece01]

alright, well I've installed a new optima battery and new posts just for the hell of it. I can't say for sure if that's fixed my problem with the cd player or not... but fingers crossed. the driving lights and interior lights are still the same as previously stated, but I can add that the horn doesn't work either. Once again, I checked all the fuses. so I pulled out the tester and tested for power at the fuse boxes and at the lights.... no power at the lights but power at the fuse boxes. and with that I'm out of ideas. anybody have any ideas of what might be going on?

[808drifter]

sounds like you might have a ground missing somewhere and thats frying your components/fuses/wireing.

[duece01]

so by the sounds of things... this isn't an easy fix. well maybe I'll sick my bro onto the problem, see if he can help. I hear those electrical engineers know a few things about electronics . And I guess if I can't find anything after that... I'm off to a shop to get it fixed. F*cking more money down the drain.

[duece01]

so it took the electricians about an hour to fnid the problem. turns out that the guys who installed my compustar starter/alarm system did a shitty job and some wires disconnected and that's what caused the left side of my car to stop working. cost me 82$ to get it fixed, I did have a couple bulbs burnt out but basically it was the starter/alarm that fucked it all up. so I'm gonna see if Andre's Audiotronics is gonna cover this under their warranty, seeing as it was their shotty workmanship that caused me all this greif. so if anybody else is having problems like this.. check your alarm and shit. hope this helped somebody.

[duece01]

so it took the electricians about an hour to fnid the problem. turns out that the guys who installed my compustar starter/alarm system did a shitty job and some wires disconnected and that's what caused the left side of my car to stop working. cost me 82$ to get it fixed, I did have a couple bulbs burnt out but basically it was the starter/alarm that fucked it all up. so I'm gonna see if Andre's Audiotronics is gonna cover this under their warranty, seeing as it was their shotty workmanship that caused me all this greif. so if anybody else is having problems like this.. check your alarm and shit. hope this helped somebody.

[eclipser2001]

thats what i thought it was, jk i had no idea

[Sleepr awd]

thats awesome you got it fixed for cheap!!! i've decided to stay out of the electrical problems arenas cuz i kno next to nothing other than check your battery alternator, and then recent wires you did.

last electrical problem on my friend's car cost 500$ to rewire everything, i think you got off lucky

[rodbls]

Dude, if they dont cover that then thats messed up big time. File a lawsuit....i bet you would win. Screw them for everything they are worth!!! (ive been waiting for a time i can file a worthless lawsuit and make lots of money...this sounds like the perfect time, lol)

[duece01]

I'm heading back to the shop that did the install tomorow to make them pay for the work I had done. cuz they offer a warranty on all their work... I'm sure the fact I was rummaging around in my dash had something to do with those wires coming undone... but lets face it, they shouldn't be just crimping shit together, they should be soldering it all. but they don't need to know my dash work had anything to do with it. lol. but ya, thanx for the help guys, I'm glad I found this site, a lot of your guy's forums have helped me out already. peace

[808drifter]

FYI the majoity of shops crimp due to the fact that a. sodering takes a long ass time to do. And b. Less risk of burning the intiror of your car.