My car will dies and turn back on while driving on its own all the dash lights come on then the car shuts off what would cause this? also I turned on my car then turned on the headlights and the car died

Asked by Jeff Oct 29, 2014 at 08:15 AM about the 2003 Dodge Neon SXT Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

all the dash light came on and the car dies and about 2 secs later came back on while
driving down the road this has happened a couple time in the past 3 days what would
cause this?? and this morning I turned on my car and then about 30 sec later turned on
the headlights and the car died any ideas on this??

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It's a 11 year old Neon. It lasted 7 more years then it was designed to. Consider yourself lucky it lasted this long.

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Do an available voltage test on your battery cable at the under hood junction box. It's the first place power goes from the battery. I just fixed mine and when hot that one foot piece of wire was consuming 8v. Replaced it and all problems solved.

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