Dash lights flashing

[Ben Geller]

Hi,



Wife just called and the lights on the dash and radio are starting to flash intermitentaly while driving at 50mph. (ABS light, radio lights, etc..)



I assume this is a weak battery, loose connection or alternator?



Can someone advise which it would be most likely?



Thanks.

 

[Mark K 2]

Could be a dirty dimmer control. I've seen that more times I can count. A little electronic contact cleaner fixes it right up.

 

[Jim parnell]

bet its the battery, dash lights do weird things when the battery starts to go.

 

[eric huskey 2]

Does it do it when you hit bumps in the road? Has any work been done around the dash area? Could be a loose connestion.

 

[Ben Geller]

Only happens when she was stopped. Battery gauge is all the way down when stopped. Nothing has been done to the dash at all. The CD flickered off, then switched over to radio, then the ABS light came on afterwards.

The dash lights were flickering with no set pattern, and the daytime running lights switched off.

 

[Les]

Battery or belt if original, connectors at the battery or the cables. Many people have reported odd things occurring when the battery is going bad.

 

[Ben Geller]

Narrowed it down to the alternator. I charged the battery, went for a drive, then the battery gauge continually dropped, and the motor started chugging. Gave it some gas, it came back, then died out permanently.