ok so i was in the parking garage of school, i go out to my car, and it won't start; it doesn't even turn over. I pop the hood, nothing has been tampered with. I try to pop my trunk and it doesn't pop, which tells me i have no power whatsoever. i check the lights; everything was turned off. Then i try again and it starts. I drive a few feet, then power cuts out for about 2 seconds, and the engine stays running. Then I drive home and restart it without incident. Also, a couple days ago, when i started my car, i noticed that my radio had been set back to default, meaning somehow it lost power....WTF is going on?

 

probably a ground wire shorting out... check the battery cables.

 

I checked my battery terminals and all was well....

 

Dealer Time!

 

you have a ss/sc right?

The stock sub/amp in the trunk? Will that amp is always running.. even know it doesnt seem like it.. but if you ever notied a little noise when the car is off.. its the little amp thats powering the sub..... i went away on vaction and i got back and it wouldnt start and thats what the gm tech told me... so if i dont use the car for a couple days .. i just unplug the speaker ... and it hasnt happened since..

 

the car was only left for like 2 hrs, so i don't think the factory amp/sub would have had time to drain the battery. the next time it happens i will be going to the dealer.

 

I'd go now.

 

Happens to me ever now and then. I turn my headlights on manually and forget to turn them off. Free roadside assist! Gives me time to have a smoke.

 

lol U don't use the auto lights option?

 

i dont drive my car for 4-5 days sometimes and i never have any problems... i have the sub in the back too

 

I do now

 

it hasn't happened in the last two days.... so i dunno...

 

Take it to the dealer there is a TSB on a lose ground for the wire harness, I kept losing power steering

 

oh i didn't know that. how long does it take to get it fixed?

 

Close...but not a "short." A short is when a wire comes in contact with another wire that it's not supposed to. I think you mean "open."

This guy's battery is OK (i.e. still starts ), so he doesn't have a current drain issue either! Plain and simple; flakey ground or power connection. Probably the ground.

Oops! ment to respond to SilverStreak...

 

Once they determined that that was the problem, like five minutes, The tech pulled the bolt holding the ground in put some LOCTITE on it and put it back in havent had any more probs yet

 

Once they determined that that was the problem, like five minutes, The tech pulled the bolt holding the ground in put some LOCTITE on it and put it back in havent had any more probs yet

 

are you talking about where the ground connects to the battery?

 

seth. I have a question that is a little off topic but how does the your in-dash dvd player look? Do you have any pics?

 

sweet, i love going off topic on posts. lets see some pics! and did you get the adaptor that allows you to use your existing steering wheel controls. i was quoted its like $125-150(CAD) for it.

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...=sethallen%27s

a pic of the dvd player is on this link, however it is now in my new car; same setup though no i did not get the steering wheel adaptor...i didnt use it enough to require it