Drove through a puddle

[Raymond_11]

The other day and my car has been fine up until today. When I'm accelerating the stop, service and abs light comes on and my headlight where switching off and on and the dash lights were dimming. Now my drivers window won't go down and my passenger headlights blown or ballast has blown.

any ideas guys ?

 

[rctempire]

UCH on the way out?
Other than that i think a earth is away.

 

[Raymond_11]

Thanks for the reply, I thought mabye water had got into the fuse box or something so sprayed some dw40 on all the fuses, it was more of a flood than a puddle was up until just under the bump strips on the door

 

[Addicted]

That's not a puddle..

Probably killed something, maybe sensors or something, bump strips are quite high up!

 

[Raymond_11]

Cars lowered aswell, starts and drives fine. I'm thinking the battery could mabye be causing it ?

 

[Addicted]

Potentially the alternator by the sounds of it, or a dodgy ground, or the ground on the alternator worn away.

Will have to wait for someone more experienced, I have NFI!

 

[Raymond_11]

I got my alternator reconditioned a few months back I'm sure I got a year warranty with it, yeah my brother said that it could be the alternator aswell but I thought then the battery light would be on. Thanks for the reply

 

[Raymond_11]

So went out to start the car tonight and the alarm went off and wasn't starting. So I put a charged battery in it and it started but still all the lights on the dash where on and headlights going off still, any ideas guys I'm thinking alternator but checked the ground and it's intact and no battery light on ?

 

[sbridgey]

Have you still got your arch liners in?

 

[Raymond_11]

Yeah, they are a bit loose though they aren't screwed on just sitting in place ?

 

[lemonnobby]

Alternator could have got wet. they hate water.

 

[gilmour182]

lucky you didn't hoover up the puddle and try to compress it.

 

[McGherkin]

Very lucky, if it went as high as your bumpstrips.

 

[Raymond_11]

Any ideas of what I could try ?

 

[rctempire]

Your bumpstrips. That's not a puddle. How did you mange that.

 

[Advikaz]

Your bumpstrips. That's not a puddle. How did you mange that.

FLOL - you're lucky you didn't hydraulic your engine tbh

 

[Rob]

Drove through a puddle, well more a lake, but yeah.

I'd say alternator related tbh if it's when you're pressing on. Give it time to dry right out and hope for the best would be my advice right now.

 

[SC03OTT]

Put the car in a bag of rice in the airing cupboard. Should see it right.

 

[Advikaz]

Put the car in a bag of rice in the airing cupboard. Should see it right.

Yeah for a week & take it back to the apple store IIRC?

 

[Raymond_11]

I'll give it a try

 

[rctempire]

Get some voltage across the alternator and test with a multimeter.

 

[Raymond_11]

Batteries now completely flat door locks ain't working, don't think they have ever been used and don't fancy snapping my key. any ideas what would cause all of this.

ps can see the line on my car from where I went through the flood was only above the side skirt really.

any help would be great thanks

 

[Addicted]

Said from the start, alternator not charging the battery.

Above the sideskirt or above the splitter, thats a fking big puddle.