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Electrical Problems! 850 1995

Here's the story...any ideas here? My 850 T electrical system is demon posessed! A variety of things are occurring. I will be driving and the radio shuts off, it will either require the code to turn on or it will just go back on. The doors automatically lock, either while I am driving, when I am starting it, or when I turn it off. The car dies when I am driving. I can restart it without problems sometimes, and other times I have to get the key in the ignition before the doors lock or it wont start. (sometimes 10-15 times) The key nears the ignition, boom! the doors just lock, I unlock them and try again, over and over. The power gauge needle on the dash surges up while I am driving and it either dies or tries to die. (ie: car pauses and surges) Other lights and indicators on the instrument panel occasionally come on at random for a few seconds such as emergency flashers etc. It seemed to have started with the radio...the light went dim. And then it started shutting off. Progressively it has evolved to total engine shut off. It can go for a few days without problems, and then several days it dies every 5 miles, with doors a locking, lights a flashing. It does not happen if I am driving at faster speeds for some reason, yet at least. I looked in the fuse box one day and I noticed that a fuse was semi-out. It controlled dash functions, including radio. I pushed it back in, and everything was fine for about a week. I looked agin, thinking it was probably loose again, but it was fine. HELP!






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New Electrical Problems! [850][1995]
posted by  someone claiming to be Liz  on Tue Dec 11 00:53 CST 2001 >


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