Last night, while driving my 2001 Lumina, I began to experience a weird happening.
As I would drive, the car would periodically seem to shut off and restart itself. The radio would go off and come back on, as if someone had turned the key off and back on. It didn't seem to lose power (engine wise) during this. Although the airbag light would begin flashing when it restarted, just like it does when started up cold, and I was running near 80 mph.
While it was running, I couldn't see any difference in the beams of the headlamps, or the instrument panel. However, the face of the stereo, i.e. the clock was pulsating. I could also hear engine noise through the radio, even when it wasn't on???
Could it possibly be something as simple as a loose batter cable, bad alternator, or am I more likely looking at a hefty labor bill to find a short or something?
Any thoughts from you other guys? I hate these dag-nab computer controlled contraptions.
