Was driving the X last week and the cars electrical system went crazy. Lights started flashing everywhere. Transmission malfunction, abs lights etc. I lost all power to the car basically. The car ran fine but was scared to drive it in case of damage. Had it towed to the dealer and they said let's start with your battery. I had an after market battery installed by batteries plus last year with no problems. After the new battery instal, dealer said that my faults won't close and it might be due to a subwoofer I had installed 5 years ago. I took it to car toys and they said its impossible because they only spliced into the stereo wire only.
Make a long story short, my transmission malfunction light keeps turning on through the nav screen and constantly stays on by my speedometer. The rpms and speedometer still idle out of control while I drive. The weird part is that there no error messages when I check the nav screen.
Dealer wants me to go remove my stereo system and charge me to rewire the stereo wires that were spliced into. Cost is around $800 on top of $550 for the new battery.
One thing I want to point out if it has an correlation. I was in a automatic car wash last Monday and during the high pressure rinse on the front end, I noticed the cars rpms go up. A few seconds later the transmission malfunction light turned on then turned off. Didn't think nothing of it because it went away and the car drove fine. Weird part is it still drives fine.
I also took it to a transmission shop and they said it all electrical.
Any help would really be appreciated.
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10-01-2013, 08:29 AM
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