I am VERY frusturated! I have a '99 Merc cougar... and last Saturday on my way home from work, the whole car went nuts on me!
First, my battery light came on... but it was flickering. I decided I had better take it in to have it checked on to make sure nothing is wrong. About 5 minutes later, my ABS, parking brake, and traction control light all came on at the SAME time! So then I started panicking b/c I had no clue what was going on.. I just wanted to get home asap to see what was going on! So I kept on driving along.... then about another 5 minutes later, my air bag light came on! Then after another few minutes, all the lights on my display got dimmer, dimmer, dimmer and then all went out, then my head lights went out, my radio was shutting itself on and off (so I just shut it off)... then next thing I know my spedometer went down to 0 (and I was doing about 55 trying to hurry and get my car home!)... my gas gauge went down to E... and then my car just quit working and died, right there on the street!
Has anyone else had this problem? Or know what to do about it? My boyfriend and I have been testing EVERYTHING... we have pretty much ruled the alternator out, we have tested all of the fuses, the battery seems to be fine, although it's not holding a charge properly b/c there is a drain coming from someplace. We think it may be a ground? Anyone know where the grounds are, how to lcoate them and see if they are loose or need to be replaced??? Thanks in advance!
Kathy
First, my battery light came on... but it was flickering. I decided I had better take it in to have it checked on to make sure nothing is wrong. About 5 minutes later, my ABS, parking brake, and traction control light all came on at the SAME time! So then I started panicking b/c I had no clue what was going on.. I just wanted to get home asap to see what was going on! So I kept on driving along.... then about another 5 minutes later, my air bag light came on! Then after another few minutes, all the lights on my display got dimmer, dimmer, dimmer and then all went out, then my head lights went out, my radio was shutting itself on and off (so I just shut it off)... then next thing I know my spedometer went down to 0 (and I was doing about 55 trying to hurry and get my car home!)... my gas gauge went down to E... and then my car just quit working and died, right there on the street!
Has anyone else had this problem? Or know what to do about it? My boyfriend and I have been testing EVERYTHING... we have pretty much ruled the alternator out, we have tested all of the fuses, the battery seems to be fine, although it's not holding a charge properly b/c there is a drain coming from someplace. We think it may be a ground? Anyone know where the grounds are, how to lcoate them and see if they are loose or need to be replaced??? Thanks in advance!
Kathy