Chopperlamb

Hi, makes no difference to lights on or off. Can start of very dim, hardly visable. Next thing you look and they it is bright. Day or night, lights on or off. four days now since the last time I cleaned the earth connections. Everything else (blower, radio, lights etc.) seem ok for now but the clock keeps dipping in and out.

Hi Guys, Well she is playing up again. One thing I have noticed is that the console clock/computer sometimes is brightly illuminated and sometimes is dim, I do wonder if this is something to do with the cause of the other faults. The other night we were driving back from a concert at night and all the auxileries (lights, blower, radio) were flicking on and off, more and more frequent than before. The radio even reset itself and I am sure for the first time it affected the running of the car as the speedo and rev counter blipped. The following morning I pulled off the battery and also cleaned the earth connection to the block and to the body as OldMech mentions. Set off for a trial run and all seemed fine, also clock brightly illuminated. Then halfway through the run noticed that the clock was so dim it was hardly visable, but everything else seems fine, radio, lights, blower etc. She has now ran for three days ok, yet the clock is still dim? This is so strange.

Hi Guys, I have not been online for a week, many thanks for your input.

Hi guys, I have just seen your posts and many thanks for the input. At first I would totally agree as to it being a bad earth or bad connection. But the strange thing is that it runs for a few weeks fine, then it will blip by either the radio will flick off for a second, or fan will dip. Then might not do it for a bit. Then gradually over days it gets more frequent until it gets like a disco, lights dip etc. Then all I do is diconnect the negative on the battery without cleaning or anything, put back on and all is good again for a few weeks. If bad connection I would think more irregular. This is intermittent but with a kind of pattern. The Sparky at work says it could be a "voltage regulator"???? Can anyone enlighten me? Cheers. Chris.

2003 V6 Camry Altise

Hi guys (and gals), I just wondered if you could shed some light on my electrical problem as I have never come across this before. I have had this problem since I bought the car about three years ago. Most of the time she is fine, but then from time to time the electrics start to go screwy. The blower dips off and on, so does the radio. Then at night the lights will dip briefly, or sometimes will dip with the indicators. It seems to do it a little and gradually gets more. The first time this happened I had the battery and alternator checked, ok. I put it down to a bad earth or conection and cleaned the battery terminals. All came good for a while. Then a few weeks later it happened again, same. And this has been happening on and off for three years. Although the auxiliary electrics go funny the car has (so far) never let me down and drives fine. I have also realised that the connections are not dirty or corroded as the last few times it has happened all I do is take off the negative terminal for a minute and put it back on and the car comes good again for a while. Has anyone had the same or similar problem? If so what could it be? TIA Chris.