On my audi a4, driving home last night, oil/temp/gas light all come on. Temp guage pegs itself, and the tach gets stuck at 4000rpm, and the speedo gets stuck at 70mph. The only guages working properly were the clock, the gear shift selection indicator, and the outside temp. Get the car home, disconnect and reconnect the battery, and all is well.

I'm thinking i have an alternator or battery going bad, i know what kind of havoc both of those can wreck on german car electronics.....

So, what kind of stories you got, anything to top that?

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83 300SD.......sold
96 integra SE....sold
99 a4 quattro....sold
2001 IS300.......sold
2002 330i.........current.
2004 highlander limited....current.

i had a new napa battery blow up when i connected it and tried to start my bmw 745 turbo. shorted out the transmission control and ended up costing me 4 grand. thanks napa!

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Voltage regulator went bad on the W124 causing dash indicators to light up and the radio output level control to go nuts.

In addition, you could visually see (and smell) the battery venting! Measuring output voltage at the battery yielded 17.5!!!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

I vow never to go to napa again. They sold me a bum axle that made me remove and pull apart the whole transaxle to the tune of hundreds of dollars. All I asked them for was a replacement axle, but they wanted absolutely nothing to do with my problem, and denied any responsibility. They suck.

I also had a battery explode. Starter was cranking slowly and then, ka-boom! It sounded like a high powered rifle.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

the worst thing is having a Cadillac (known for it's electrical nightmare wiring to begin with) with a battery that's going bad. Driving home one night I noticed the dash board lighting up like a Chanukkah Bush and knew the battery was going I said a few prayers mixed with a few OH Sh*&^, turned off the radio and heated seats to conserve what I could and right as I turned into the parking lot at home it died! Moral to the story god watches out for fools, drunks and photogs!

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Gotta love fly'n

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

two dents to the left, back to the right one dent back to the left....i have flashlights...

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

the Disco Boogie !!

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

On a MB that would indicate your alt or battery is flacky.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200