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Posted on Sep 09, 2011

Turned off engine and when I tried to start it up 3 min later there was nothing, no turning over clicking nothing. Then all the needles of the gauges started going haywire and the headlights were blinking on and off but the windows and the inside lights like the dome light wouldn't come on at all. Never seen this happen before, any advice?

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I just had same problem. mine was battery was shorted .have battery tested at a parts store. i had a spare so i switch it it fixed it!!

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