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97altera
15-12-2005, 03:54 PM
Recently my car has been doing some weired stuff.

1. My power antenna has been randomly going up and down while the radio is on.

2. I have had a constant squealing sound through my rear speakers and the engine whine as well. This only occurs in the mornings driving to work.

3. Also I have had problems with my transmission, SRS and indicators. I took it to a transmission place and he thought it may have been electrical.

What could be causing this? I have posted this here hoping that the car audio stuff is related to my other problems and it will fix all the problems.

KING EGO
15-12-2005, 04:06 PM
MMM.. there must be a earth problem to have the squeal in ur speakers..


Have the Auto elects looked at it yet..?

s_tim_ulate
15-12-2005, 04:06 PM
what did u last change?

Id say you may have mixed a wire up behind ur headunit. Look at how uve wired up the electrical antenna.

97altera
15-12-2005, 04:11 PM
The headunit was wired up about 15 months ago and havent had any problems with it. And I havent changed anything in the car since september.

My battery goes flat very quick too. The other night i pulled over on the side of the road and within 5 minutes of turning off the engine, with the head lights and stereo(at a low volume) on, it was unable to start the car.

Spackbace
15-12-2005, 05:50 PM
umm, need new battery?

ADZA27
15-12-2005, 09:02 PM
its either ur battery is dead,, or ur alternator is not charging the battery,, 1 of the 2
i'd go to the battery first and check the connections but.
another question... how old is the battery?

Ralliart 410
15-12-2005, 09:20 PM
its either ur battery is dead,, or ur alternator is not charging the battery,, 1 of the 2
i'd go to the battery first and check the connections but.
another question... how old is the battery?

If you have a multimeter put it on the battery with the car running. You should see around 14.4v across it. If this is the case then likely your battery is stuffed.

97altera
23-12-2005, 11:07 AM
I just bought a new battery and it hasnt helped. Could it be the alternator?