Hi
Had a bit of a brown trousers moment tonight on the way home up the M1.
I'd been driving for a few hours and was feeling a bit tired so I opened the drivers window for a bit of fresh air. When I closed it the car electrics went bonkers!
The dash instrumentation and headlights were rapidly going off and on and the engine felt like it was about to cut out.
After about 5 seconds it pulled its act together and everything apart from the PAS came back. The PAS indicator was on and it was hard work to steer.
I slowed the car down and got off the motorway.. Stopped at a junction at the top of the slip-road and it had another seizure. Exactly the same deal except
that, when it had finished, the PAS was working and everything seemed to be OK.
Prior to this I had a one-off issue a few months ago when driving and using the indicators. I noticed that as the indicators blinked the
headlights and dash instruments dimmed quite badly. I turned off any accessories (radio, heater) and it seemed to resolve the problem.
I've also recently noticed that while parked, if the lights are on and the wheels are turned then the headlight dim.
Oh yeah, i also seem to have to replace one of the fuses, the one for the internal lighter socket, on a regular basis.
Do any of you guys have an idea about what the heck might be happening.
Is this a bunch of unrelated issues or could there be a root cause?
ps
It's probably coming across that i'm definitely no mechanic
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