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HELP! Electrical Problem
This is a long shot here.
I have an S5 with an S4 HPB motor, 120amp alternator, battery relocated, haltech E6X, apexi avcr, apexi turbo timer, 7 gauges (boost, temps, pressure, etc.) Here's my problem. The electrical power in my car shuts down randomly. While parked or driving, the power just randomly shuts down. What I noticed is that when I'm parked, I close my door and the turbo timer blinks. So right now to start the car, I have to hold the key in the crank position and close the door at the same time and magicly everything works. But then again I leave it parked for an hour and the problem comes back. I know it's not the door switch in the B pillar that's the problem because the car needs to be shaken or needs a good shot from closing the door to even get the turbo timer to blink. Battery and alternator are new from 4 months ago. Has anyone ever had to deal with this sort of problem of heard of it ? |
Sounds like a loose connection. check your main fusebox connectors etc.
Are you blowing a specific fuse now and then? |
When the car dies or can't be started w/o slamming the car door do things such as the wipers, turn signals, horn, radio still work? If so you "might" have a faulty ground at the Main Relay. Do test this possibilty you would disconnect the 4 wire plug at the relay and jumper the White/Red wire to Black/Yellow and White/Blue to the Black/White wire. Doing this will bypass the relay but don't leave the jumper wires in place for a long time as it will eventually drain the battery.
And perhaps you can in detail illustrate how you have your turbo timer wired up. The ignition switch might also have a rather loose connection and the alarm system, if equipped, located in the CPU might be problematic. |
check that big "main" fuse... the one thats bolted in.
I blew it one time and it would sometimes make contact, and sometimes not... I coulden't even see that it was blown. |
Problem found... Bad ground wire
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Originally Posted by Romanator
(Post 10852083)
Problem found... Bad ground wire
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Ground wire from the battery
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I was going to say check the main ground cable since the battery was relocated. Most likely cause of that kind of issue.
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