Headlights Kill The Battery

10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
126,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
1986 Buick Skyhawk electrical problems

electrical problem

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1986 Buick Skyhawk Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 172006

(reported on)

Skyhawk Limited

  • 126,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Geez!! My car once just randomly started dying one night--the radio faded out and shut off, the turn signals stopped working, the headlights dimmed out almost to nothing. Afterwards, i tried to start it and it was dead. So i got a new battery. And everything was good. Then the same thing happened about two months when i had the headlights on for too long(when i'd drive at night). So i got a new alternator. Then i got the battery recharged (keep in mind--this is two months after i got the new battery). Then about three days later, the headlights ruined everything again. They take up like all the power? i dont know? i guess? they ruin everything. It only happens at night... I put the headlights on, the radio fades out after a while. And then the turn signals dont blink, the car like accelerates and jerks, the service lights randomly blink. Everything goes crazy!

- Alexa H., Philadelphia, PA, US

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