New to the forum and looking for help and wisdom...
I was driving to work yesterday and all of a sudden, all the electrical went out for a few seconds and then everything came back to life. The radio went off, the trip odometer reset to zero, the clock reset, but the car engine kept running so I didn't think much of it, and continued my drive to work.
Trying to get home that evening, the car wouldn't start. Opened the hood, and it smelled like "burnt electronics". I disconnected the DRL as I thought it might be a battery drain. I did some quick research on the threads to try to get some ideas. Here's what I did and know so far. I got some help push starting and got the engine going which let me drive home. On the way home, I stopped at Autozone where they checked the battery and alternator. It was producing 14+V so that checked out OK. The glow plug light goes on (along with all the other lights and buzzers) so it's not the Relay 109 issue. I'm thinking it might be the starter solenoid or some other fuse or relay. I haven't checked whether the ECU is a BK or GQ and I don't have an OBD (yet). Any ideas, guess, or similar expereinces?
I was driving to work yesterday and all of a sudden, all the electrical went out for a few seconds and then everything came back to life. The radio went off, the trip odometer reset to zero, the clock reset, but the car engine kept running so I didn't think much of it, and continued my drive to work.
Trying to get home that evening, the car wouldn't start. Opened the hood, and it smelled like "burnt electronics". I disconnected the DRL as I thought it might be a battery drain. I did some quick research on the threads to try to get some ideas. Here's what I did and know so far. I got some help push starting and got the engine going which let me drive home. On the way home, I stopped at Autozone where they checked the battery and alternator. It was producing 14+V so that checked out OK. The glow plug light goes on (along with all the other lights and buzzers) so it's not the Relay 109 issue. I'm thinking it might be the starter solenoid or some other fuse or relay. I haven't checked whether the ECU is a BK or GQ and I don't have an OBD (yet). Any ideas, guess, or similar expereinces?