erratic behavior on start up

martyf250 · Postby **martyf250** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:41 am

hello

recently i started up my 05 pathfinder and what will happen is the lights (battery, 4WD, VDC, etc will flash on the dash or stay on and the idle will erratically rev and drop. I turn the car on and off a couple of times and it fixes itself. Anyone see this issue?

Postby **disallow** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:42 am

alternator going? Do your gauges stop working? IPDM?

martyf250 · Postby **martyf250** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:44 am

alternator seems fine. gauges work fine. the speedometer and tach do not work when this happens intermittenly

Postby **disallow** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:58 am

Had this happen when I had a loose battery clamp on my old Honda. Battery was going dead.

eieio · Postby **eieio** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:03 am

disallow wrote:Had this happen when I had a loose battery clamp on my old Honda. Battery was going dead.

my thought also.....
.......old battery, loose or corroded clamps

martyf250 · Postby **martyf250** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:07 am

the battery is about 2years old from Napa. I will definitely check the clamps tonight

eieio · Postby **eieio** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:41 am

martyf250 wrote:the battery is about 2years old from Napa. I will definitely check the clamps tonight

check especially the negative cable clamp on the battery post
sometimes the clamp will be loose, & pivot on the post even with the clamp nut tightened
i'd also charge & load test the battery

Postby **smj999smj** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:58 am

Have you had the EGI relay recall performed? If not, I would have that done, first. If you did, then I would look at the charging system, as suggested above.

erratic behavior on start up

erratic behavior on start up

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