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Battery Ground is SO Important

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Old 07-14-2018, 11:48 AM
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My car 2001 Accord V6, 180K miles. I replaced the battery and alternator 6 months ago. The SRS lights have been working intermittently for years, plus other electrical maladies. My battery died and alternator output was 13.0V, I had bad transmission shifting. I found out with a volt meter that the battery ground cable was bad to the frame and block. Cleaned the connections and added a new ground strap to the engine block- darn if it didn't fix ALL the electrical problems. I was showing a 1 volt difference from battery negative to block, and a 2 amp resistance (block to battery). Amazing difference- back to 14.5VDC at the battery. Do this first
 
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Old 07-14-2018, 01:27 PM
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Welcome to HAF!

This is so true in newer cars. Have to have good stable electric power otherwise all kinds of flaky things can happen.

But I moved this out from the other thread. That was about a 1983 Accord with a carburetor so I think your advice applies more to newer cars.
 
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