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Today, went to start the car again for a short errand.
Hopped in, turned the key and got nothing.
Lights very dim, weird clicking instead of cranking, bright dash lights when the key is out.
I pulled the lower dash panel and got the hood released with a pair of vice-grips.
Nothing weird under the hood. Battery connectors are clean and tight. All fuses are good.
I've misplaced my multimeter, so I can't do any proper testing at the moment.
I did go ahead and put my charger/starter on the battery and tried the ignition.
Really weird clicks, nothing electrical work, and the charger seems to read that the battery is fully charged.
With the ignition on, I could not raise or lower a window. With the key off, I was able to *very* slowly raise and lower a window.
With the charger off, there's no power to operate anything.
The suddenness of all this is especially weird.
It's so dang hard to get to anything on a P80 model, but my only ideas are these...
1) Starter problem - solenoid might have failed internally and is shorting current
2) Some sort of ground failure
3) Ignition switch?
4) Something else
I need to locate my multimeter for proper testing...
Any ideas?
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