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okay was driving along last night and the stereo just died it completly powered off for about 5 seconds and then came back on, i thought maybe the power cord may have come loose so didnt think much of it, but 15mins later i stopped at the lights and the car started shuddering the batt Gauge was going down and then back up a litle bit when it was almost all the way down, the whole dash was flicking on and off again along with the headlights i was really scared car was gonna die so as soon as light went green i floored it and everything went back to normal, luckily home was a minute away. The battery is fairly new and i checked the connections with it and all is okay. Anyone got any ideas?

Get alternator checked by an auto electrician...
or just whack a multi-meter on the terminals of your batt / alt and giver her a rev.... voltage should rise...
Get that out of the way first...

And if its not that, check for a short circuit some where... prob right near your battery...

Maybe there was a UFO hoving above your car

I've seen movies where your electronic screw up when they hover near your car

Hope this helps

yeah, check for a short circuit. similar thing happened with mine when i changed the battery. the brace came lose and it moved up toward something and was shorting it when i hit bumps, etc

was the positive terminal earthing

Maybe there was a UFO hovering above your car

I've seen movies where your electronic screw up when they hover near your car

Hope this helps

Sounds like alternator... if it comes back to life when you give it a rev, its alternator.

did it happen when you were slowing down or going around a corner??

sounds like your stepper, going to very low rpm, causing everything to dim due to alternator now creating power.

Car was about to stalll?