# Car keeps dying, WTF!?!? Need help ASAP

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-keeps-dying-wtf-need-help-asap/4974>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 25, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-keeps-dying-wtf-need-help-asap/4974 "2005-11-25T19:00:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-keeps-dying-wtf-need-help-asap/4974/21 "2005-11-25T23:19:01Z")

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Yes. A visual inspection of the terminals should reveal whether or not they even need to be replaced. Mine were so cracked that there was literally less than a mm of metal holding it to the wire.

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**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-keeps-dying-wtf-need-help-asap/4974/22 "2005-11-25T23:24:03Z")

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Sounds much more like an Alternator problem, but if you’ve got a ground problem that you know of, start there.

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**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-keeps-dying-wtf-need-help-asap/4974/23 "2005-11-28T23:22:55Z")

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Problem fixed. I changed the alternator and the grounds. Runs like a champ…For now.

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**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-keeps-dying-wtf-need-help-asap/4974/24 "2005-11-28T23:38:15Z")

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see… welcome

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