DSMaddicted
09-25-2002, 10:37 PM
Fellow DSMers,
in the past few days I've been experiencing a strange problem, let me try to describe it to you as clearly as possible:
1- I get into the car, I turn the key TWO clicks and happily look at the S-AFC pretty screen and moving letters, proudly reminding myself that *I* installed it... you know what I mean.
2- Wait for the 9-or-so beeps to quit, turn the key and attempt to crank the beast.
Sometimes it just fires up and voila', I'm heading towards my destination... but some other times... here's what happens:
I hear a violent 'CLICK' around the ECU area, the S-AFC dies, the seat belt gets stuck. Or some other times, instead of everything dying, something WORST happens: there's like a short contact or something, and all the lights in the car start 'oscillating' like a strobe light, and the AFC flashes QUICKLY, like trying to boot to the Intro Screen that I like so much and loosing the power, like 15-20 times per second... and at the same time I hear a clicking, a rattling noise by the right back seat...
Now, when this second thing happens, I get really pissed off because I am 'anal' about my things, I am always careful and I *HATE* (HATE, HATE!!!!) looking at the S-AFC firing up so many times one after the other... I am afraid that thing is gonna burn out or something.
Now, I don't know if that could help, but I usually pop the hood, turn around the (tight) positive terminal of the battery and move the battery a little, and after a couple of tries, it starts.
Please note that the battery IS NOT touching the Strut Bar, NOR the hood.
I know it is hard to diagnose such a thing, it could be anything, but I am posting this hoping that maybe some of you guys out there have experienced this before and maybe put me on the right track... otherwise I'll be tearing apart my poor baby tomorrow morning, and check all the TT, AFC etc connections...
Please enlighten me if you have an idea...
Thank you in advance,
Walter
in the past few days I've been experiencing a strange problem, let me try to describe it to you as clearly as possible:
1- I get into the car, I turn the key TWO clicks and happily look at the S-AFC pretty screen and moving letters, proudly reminding myself that *I* installed it... you know what I mean.
2- Wait for the 9-or-so beeps to quit, turn the key and attempt to crank the beast.
Sometimes it just fires up and voila', I'm heading towards my destination... but some other times... here's what happens:
I hear a violent 'CLICK' around the ECU area, the S-AFC dies, the seat belt gets stuck. Or some other times, instead of everything dying, something WORST happens: there's like a short contact or something, and all the lights in the car start 'oscillating' like a strobe light, and the AFC flashes QUICKLY, like trying to boot to the Intro Screen that I like so much and loosing the power, like 15-20 times per second... and at the same time I hear a clicking, a rattling noise by the right back seat...
Now, when this second thing happens, I get really pissed off because I am 'anal' about my things, I am always careful and I *HATE* (HATE, HATE!!!!) looking at the S-AFC firing up so many times one after the other... I am afraid that thing is gonna burn out or something.
Now, I don't know if that could help, but I usually pop the hood, turn around the (tight) positive terminal of the battery and move the battery a little, and after a couple of tries, it starts.
Please note that the battery IS NOT touching the Strut Bar, NOR the hood.
I know it is hard to diagnose such a thing, it could be anything, but I am posting this hoping that maybe some of you guys out there have experienced this before and maybe put me on the right track... otherwise I'll be tearing apart my poor baby tomorrow morning, and check all the TT, AFC etc connections...
Please enlighten me if you have an idea...
Thank you in advance,
Walter