No power to anything

TheThickster · 03-04-2010, 05:01 AM

Sup everyone this is my first post. I have a '99 Alero GL 3.4L, lately ive been having strange electrical problems. When I turn the key everything lights up, then everything dies like the battery has been disconnected. I start tugging and tapping at the modules under the dash and the power comes back. When the power comes back its starts up just fine and I notice that everything has reset (trip mileage,radio). What could this be and has anyone else had this problem?

a4d2a0m · 03-04-2010, 08:37 AM

Check your teminals.. I had the exact same problem, the negative terminal was tight on the battery but the plate inside was not making a good connection.

I put a washer and dielectric grease on it and haven't had the problem in almost a year.

TheThickster · 03-04-2010, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a4d2a0m

Check your teminals.. I had the exact same problem, the negative terminal was tight on the battery but the plate inside was not making a good connection.

I put a washer and dielectric grease on it and haven't had the problem in almost a year.

thanks alot ill check that out.

[ion] C2 · 03-04-2010, 08:30 PM

loose terminals, same thing to me

Runaboveit · 03-04-2010, 11:51 PM

loose terminals x3. Same issue here. both on tight but wasn't getting a good connection.

TheThickster · 03-09-2010, 05:51 PM

i went ahead and replaced one of the battery bolts and so far i havent had any problems. by any chance if the body control module were to take a dump would it cause these problems??