On Jan 31, 6:23 pm, Joe LaVigne <jlavi...@hits-buffalo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:39:42 -0800, richardpars wrote:
> > On Jan 31, 2:33 pm, Joe LaVigne <jlavi...@hits-buffalo.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:51:51 -0800, richardpars wrote:
> >> > Hello,
>
> >> > This morning for the first time the turn signals did not work until 10
> >> > min. into my drive and then they randomly started working again.
> >> > Earlier problems that still are persisting and that tell me it is
> >> > definately electrical were when I use the break either hours into a
> >> > trip or sometimes minutes, the radio goes out and the speedometer goes
> >> > out for a few seconds and the dash lights flicker.
>
> >> > I have read through some posts and what I have found is that some say
> >> > it is the alternator. Any other suggestions would be much appreciated
> >> > b/c as anyone knows who have had this problem it is very annoying and
> >> > dangerous to drive like this.
>
> >> My initial suspect would be a ground somewhere. Can cause some pretty
> >> flaky results.
>
> >> The Alternator can, too, but it sounds more like a ground to me.
>
> > Well that is interesting I can't say that this didn't happen before I
> > got my radio installed by Best buy but it did and I installed my last
> > radio and it didn't nearly happen as frequently, I would say once in a
> > blue moon. Now it is like every other day and I feel like it may be
> > linked to the new radio install but wouldn't that be closer to
> > touching the ignition wire than alternator. Maybe it is time for a
> > new alternator, any tricks to troubleshooting to see what the culprit
> > is?
>
> A radio install did not hurt your alternator. Worse case scenario would
> be blowing out the radio from cross-polarity.
>
> I would still be looking for grounding problems. Check the ground strap.





Thanks for the reply Joe,


I hate to be a novice but is that an easy thing to check...the ground
strap? I am definitely ready to get rid of this problem any way
necessary.