i recently got a 1989 toyota corrolla dx. automatic. it has about 140thousand mi. it was parked for about 4 yrs. and did not run when i got it. as soon as i installed a new battery it started right up. after about a week of driving, one day all the electical slowly went out comletely and the car died and wouldn't start. the next day the car started withought a jump or anything. i had this problem a few more times, each time it got worse and it had to be jump started. I thought it was the alternator so i got a new one from the junk yard. the car ran fine for a few more days, but then had the same problem again. i had both alternators checked. schucks said they were both bad. i took one of the alternators to a specialist to have it rebuilt and they tested it and took it apart and said it was brand new and was fine. i took my car in, they looked at it, after a while they came to the conclusion that my battery was bad so i exchanged it for a brand new one. schucks tested the battery on 2 machines and said it was 100% but they gave me a new one any way. After installing it, my car started with no problems and ran great for about a week. The other day I drove from Oregon to Tacoma and about half way there my car slowly lost all electrical power but the car still drove for a few more miles then died. after about 10 min it started back up and everything worked again. but once again... as i kept driving it lost power and slowly died. It did this about 7 more times on the way there. Each time i had to wait longer for it to start again. Several people looked at it i get many different answers but no one really knows. Any ideas??? Thank you so much for your time.
Nov 27, 2007 at 2:53 PM
