sean_n wrote:
>> Your battery terminals (or the ground lug at the far end of the black
>> one) are loose or corroded. Those kind of problems are temperature
>> sensitive, as is the Main Relay problem. That's why it worked OK later
>> after the temperature changed. Yours is probably a loose terminal.
>>
>> 'Curly'
>
> I got my Main Relay changed in 9/2006 because i had trouble starting
> it on a hot day, it was turning over but not catching, and the dash
> controls lit up. This time it was as if the battery was not connected
> at all, nothing lit up. When it started working 1-1/2 hrs later, I
> turned on the radio, and had to reenter the security code so that
> confirms a disconnection. It was not hot, parked in the shade.
> However, I changed the battery today because it was showing less than
> 12 volts and it's more than 3 years old and I just want to rule out a
> bad battery. When I took out the old battery, I noticed that the
> terminals were snug, and there was no corrosion, I usually clean them
> periodically. I'm don't think there's a disconnection at the
> battery, any suggestions on where else I could look.

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The other ends of the cables. . . Loose or corroded.

'Curly'