Couple of things to note. This has been happening for several months and I have put over $1200 into diagnostics and repairs and still do not have a fix. I had the alternator replaced because they said it was putting out 16+ volts, then 2 weeks later the new alternator went out again, they replaced it again. I took it to a new mechanic and he said the PCM was bad, it was now putting out 19v. I replaced the PCM, had it reprogrammed, and it seemed to be fine for a few weeks. The only thing it would do is on startup, lights on dash would all turn off, it would ding for about a minute and then everything would come back and it was fine. Before when I would start up, the dinging would happen and the lights would go black, I would hear some thumping coming from the back of the car, almost sounded like BASS (everytime), then after a min or 2 the lights would come back on. I would feel something in the brake kick in, like a vibration of some sort on my foot, and my locks would lock. NOW my locks no longer lock at all, ever, I can only unlock.
It seems that anytime I let my car sit for a few hours (3-4) hours this process would happen again. But if I went out to drive say every hour, it wouldn’t happen
Now this morning, I went to go to work, and as you can see in the video the entire time for 30 min the car was dinging and lights flashing.
Couple of things to note. This has been happening for several months and I have put over $1200 into diagnostics and repairs and still do not have a fix. I had the alternator replaced because they said it was putting out 16+ volts, then 2 weeks later the new alternator went out again, they replaced it again. I took it to a new mechanic and he said the PCM was bad, it was now putting out 19v. I replaced the PCM, had it reprogrammed, and it seemed to be fine for a few weeks. The only thing it would do is on startup, lights on dash would all turn off, it would ding for about a minute and then everything would come back and it was fine. Before when I would start up, the dinging would happen and the lights would go black, I would hear some thumping coming from the back of the car, almost sounded like BASS (everytime), then after a min or 2 the lights would come back on. I would feel something in the brake kick in, like a vibration of some sort on my foot, and my locks would lock. NOW my locks no longer lock at all, ever, I can only unlock.
It seems that anytime I let my car sit for a few hours (3-4) hours this process would happen again. But if I went out to drive say every hour, it wouldn’t happen
Now this morning, I went to go to work, and as you can see in the video the entire time for 30 min the car was dinging and lights flashing.
- cierrasdad75, Crystal Lake, IL, US