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<blockquote data-quote="macuser27" data-source="post: 1423805" data-attributes="member: 21874"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Hello there,</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I have a 1999 Mustang GT and have the battery warning light coming on and off intermittently for the past 3 months or so.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Alternator was replaced 2 years ago and battery less than 1 year ago.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Car starts up and drives just fine and never had any issues until today.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">This morning when I went to put the key into the run position, I noticed that all the analog dials swept to the max position and back to zero. Car starts up just fine. I drove it about 1-2 miles and parked.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Came back to the car, key into run position and the dials swept through again. But when I tried to start, the starter clicked and loss all power to the car. No dome lights, no trunk lights, nothing. Like there wasn't a battery in the car.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Popped the hood, and disconnected the negative cable from the battery. I reconnected the negative cable to the battery and the power came back on in the car. Key back in run position, dials sweep and car starts up just fine.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Drove another 1-2 miles and parked for about an hour. Went back to car, key in run position, dials do not sweep and starts up just fine. Drove 3-4 miles and the battery warning light came on for a bit, then went away and came back on again.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">From my Google search, I found a lot of people saying to "check the grounds". I really don't know what that means.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Any ideas? Help! Thanks a bunch.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macuser27, post: 1423805, member: 21874"] [FONT=Verdana]Hello there,[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I have a 1999 Mustang GT and have the battery warning light coming on and off intermittently for the past 3 months or so.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Alternator was replaced 2 years ago and battery less than 1 year ago.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Car starts up and drives just fine and never had any issues until today.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]This morning when I went to put the key into the run position, I noticed that all the analog dials swept to the max position and back to zero. Car starts up just fine. I drove it about 1-2 miles and parked.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Came back to the car, key into run position and the dials swept through again. But when I tried to start, the starter clicked and loss all power to the car. No dome lights, no trunk lights, nothing. Like there wasn't a battery in the car.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Popped the hood, and disconnected the negative cable from the battery. I reconnected the negative cable to the battery and the power came back on in the car. Key back in run position, dials sweep and car starts up just fine.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Drove another 1-2 miles and parked for about an hour. Went back to car, key in run position, dials do not sweep and starts up just fine. Drove 3-4 miles and the battery warning light came on for a bit, then went away and came back on again.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]From my Google search, I found a lot of people saying to "check the grounds". I really don't know what that means.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Any ideas? Help! Thanks a bunch.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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