Today I hopped in my car and turned the key to the on position and looked up at the gauge, which showed just over 12 volts. I turned the key to start the motor and I heard one loud click(maybe the starter solenoid?) and then everything went completely dead. I mean everything....lights, dash, all buzzers, dings, EVERYTHING. Not a single thing in the car had power.
1st thing I thought of was a battery cable was loose, so I popped the hood to take a look. I propped open the hood, and a couple seconds later I see my blinkers blink twice, like it would if my alarm was being turned off or like when I reinstall the battery after doing some engine work. I look inside the car and all power has magically reappeared without me touching a single thing. I then took it for some errands and drove about 60 miles with 4 engine startups at various places that I stopped at, and didnt have a single problem.
Does anyone have any idea what could cause all electrical power to be completely gone for less than a minute and then fix itself all on its own?
remember, I didnt touch a thing when the power returned. Any ideas will help me narrow down the causes and hopefully fix to problem before it happens to me in traffic somewhere
thanks
1st thing I thought of was a battery cable was loose, so I popped the hood to take a look. I propped open the hood, and a couple seconds later I see my blinkers blink twice, like it would if my alarm was being turned off or like when I reinstall the battery after doing some engine work. I look inside the car and all power has magically reappeared without me touching a single thing. I then took it for some errands and drove about 60 miles with 4 engine startups at various places that I stopped at, and didnt have a single problem.
Does anyone have any idea what could cause all electrical power to be completely gone for less than a minute and then fix itself all on its own?
remember, I didnt touch a thing when the power returned. Any ideas will help me narrow down the causes and hopefully fix to problem before it happens to me in traffic somewhere
thanks