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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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well tonight i was driving home and everything was fine, until i turned the air conditioning on. All my lights started dimming and my radar turned off when i came to a complete stop. and when i took it it was fine. but when i turned the air off everything was fine. i was thinking its a short, but i dont know where
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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Check your battery terminal connections and your battery to chassis ground first. Make sure everything is secure and in good condition.
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 08:37 AM
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Have your alternator checked too.
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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If the problem ONLY occurs when turning on your AC, you may want to see about getting a new AC relay. It shouldn't be more than $20ish usually. It is typically located under the hood. Did it feel like it was blowing cold air, or did you not wait that long?

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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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it was blowing cold air. the light just kept flickering on and off
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:56 PM
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Hm. interesting. Take the car to an Autozone or something where they'll do the battery and alternator check for free and let us know how that goes.
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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im probably not gonna get around to taking the car to get it checked until sunday or maybe tomorrow. because my springs are supposedly supposed to come in tomorrow, so i want to install them at the same so that way i take car of two things
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