[pullmyfinger]

So anybody got any ideas on this one?

Last week my radio started cutting out when I hit the brake or used the turn signal. Sometimes it does it, sometimes it dosen't. It will also do it when I first start to pull out after I start it up.

In addition a couple of days ago I was stoped at a red light and a puff of white smoke came out from under the hood around the battery compartment. I checked and I saw no evidence of anything burning.

Any ideas? Its going to the dealership tomorrow, but I was hoping somebody might have an idea what it is or maybe someone has had a similar problem.

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[DHG #1302]

What's that smell!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[pullmyfinger]

Handle aside, I am not joking. Dosen't anybody here have any ideas?

 

[TXBullitt]

See my new posting at www.bullittclub.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=4056&forum=9&0

I also have heard electronic chirps and short zipping (elctrical relay-like) sounds from under the dash.

I hope they are not indications of larger electrical/electronic problems, because they can kill a car faster than anything short of a semi.

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[pullmyfinger]

Well it appears to be nothing to serious. The dealer found a loose connection to the fuse panel. They tightend it and everything things smooth now.

 

[Nasty Bob]

I was going to say look for a bad ground, but I see you're all fixed. Very good! :smile:

 

[ejdirga]

Definitely a ground loose. Mine lost all sorts of power but I was able to get it to the dealer and the next day I was back on the road - smooth. I did have to drive around a mini-van for a day though. Boy, I was never so peaceful behind a wheel in my life,..hum-dee dum-dum.

 

[Escrotumus]

Pullmyfinger:

About 2 weeks after i bought #4456 i too was sitting at a stop light and saw a big white puff of smoke come out from the battery area. It smelled horrible, like an electrical burning smell. I took it in shortly after and they "didnt see anything wrong". It has not done it since then and that has been about 3 months now. I have experienced no electrical problems in my car *knock on wood* in the 4 months that i have had it. The only problem mine has is this ticking noise, but that is a whole other thread in itself :roll: