[torradan]

This is really irking the heck out of me. I just can't figure it out.

Got back after 4 months out on the east coast, and go pick up my car from my parent's place. They started it and let it run for about 1/2 hour a week to keep everything happy.

Battery up and died when I went to get it. It wouldn't hold a full charge. It was 5 years old, so I figured that it was time anyways. Got a new battery and everything is good.

NOW.. over the past 3 weeks or so, I get into the car, the clock is at 12:00, CD changer is doing its thing to see if any CDs are in there. This happened a couple of times. Been too busy to really deal with it.. went to North Bay for a few days, and a week in Vancouver, so didn't have a chance to get it looked at.

I cleaned the terminals again, and they're secured in nice and tight.

It keeps doing it. Today when I got to the office, the car just died. Power just shut down completely. Headlights went out, everything. A second or two later, I heard a relay click a couple of times up front somewhere, and I get power. Turn the key, and the clock is at 12:00, CD changer doing it's thing again. Then it starts up like nothing every happened.

I also get no idiot lights on the dash. Nothing for battery/alternator/engine.. nothing.

I also noticed on the way home that the tach bounces when sitting at a red light, just above and below the normal idle in drive. Relearning again maybe?

Now I'm leaving for 3 weeks come Sunday to go back to New Brunswick, and wifey wants to drive it *cringe* because it has heated seats and stuff to keep her ass warm.

Any ideas what I can do to fix this? I'd like to hopefully get it fixed tomorrow so that I don't have to worry about her losing power while she's borrowing it to keep her ass warm.

It seems like the charging system is working, because the battery is fully charged and proper voltages. Just seems like there is some wire somewhere that is loose, or maybe even something is grounding out somehow?