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    g'day... i have a problem with me car.... i drove my car to a mates joint... when i went to get back in and drove home... it wouldnt turn over... it wasnt a flat battery or anything... cause all the lights and stuff were still on fine... then about after 45 seconds it just clicked over and yeah it was going... but when i was driving this red light came on (( ! )) and all the lights in the car dimmed and the radio turned off... and it drove like this for about 20 mins then out of no where they came back on... and it was like i lost power.... but then got it again??? any people know what this would be??

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    Sounds like one of the battery terminals is loose - check both are tight and clean.

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    its the alternator hit it with something hard next time it happens, it happen to me when i was driving to albury
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    Loose connection, follow all the wires from the battery terminal, check the connections on the alternator and the earth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ's VR View Post
    Classic symptoms of worn alternator brushes, check these too as well as the above mentioned.
    thats right thets what mine is doing right now i am just waiting for it to die and no amount of hitting will bring it back
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    possibly your crank angle sensor, same thing was happening to my VR

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