hello everyone!
while driving home this afternoon,my car died while im driving on a ramp exiting the highway..windshield wiper stops,guages and interior lights went off but my stereo is still playing..i stopped the car,put it in park then i restarted it with no problems.. all i remember was when i turned up the volume of my stereo then the car died..it happened before when im in a parking lot listening to loud music...anybody had experience this?

btw my car is 08 5at.the only modification is a hid fogs plug and play.

thanks

 

maybe alternator or could be distributor cap and rotor.....i no expert maybe it could be those things?

 

get the alternator checked to see if its charging correctly!

 

+1 on the alternator

 

+2 on the alternator but also how old is your battery ?

 

Thanks!im going to check the alternator this weekend.i dont know how old is my battery coz i just got this car last september.

 

Our cars dont have a distributor, cap, or rotor. Ignition coils buddy

I would check battery and battery terminals... always start with the easiest and cheapest first

 

My negative battery terminal came loose while drive and the exact samething, but How does the radio keep playing with no power??

 

Prob i didnt notice that it went off since the car stalled and when the power came back(since my ignition is still on)stereo continued to play..what happened before in the parking lot was my stereo is playing without noticing that the car died.
Battery terminal is not loose wen i checked yesterday..going to call my warranty agent coz cars still under warranty

 

Update

Went to the shop,technician test drove and check the computer and said no problems with the car.i ask them if they checked the alternator.the manager said that the battery light in the dash should come on if theres a problem with batt or alternator...they cant find out what happened..

 

have u found out wht happened?

 

The fact that the entire car died but your assumed aftermaket stereo continued to play really narrows it down. It eliminates the alternator and battery.

 

^this.

Also, cars these days are programmed to shut down "unneccessary" functions if the alternator isn't providing the correct amount of power to each component. So, if it was the alternator, the car would have shut the radio,a/c, etc. before it shut the car off.

 

For me, everything died and I was left hanging in the middle of the road until I figured that my negative battery cable came out... Funny thing was when it died I was in the middle of an intersection and CHP drove right past me and dogged me...

 

has to be ur alternator bro!happened to my 96 Pontiac firebird. Very similar situation with yours. Make sure when you add on stereo and such get a capacitor so it doesn't drain all the energy from your battery or alternator!

 

like an idiot i was thinking of my beater 96 accord and i just had to change it...lol but my bad and yea ignition coils

 

Cars don't die from a low battery and then restart. Once they die from a low battery they're nowhere near starting the car without charging first. A cap doesn't make a difference in battery drain. It just supplies additional power for transients and even that can be debated. It has to be "charged" and this power comes from the charging system.