TX2010V6 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 My 2010 has 66K miles on it. Last night I used the key fob to unlock the door to drive home from work like I always do. It was 47 degrees out with some light rain. I got in the car and closed the door. The instrument panel was still illuminated when I turned the key to start the engine (normal). There was no starter activity as the car immediately had a complete electrical power outage. The instrument panel went dark. Nothing I did had any effect. No interior lights whatsoever came on when I opened the door. I popped the hood and jiggled the battery cable connections since I didn't see any corrosion and I didn't see what else I could do. I opened the driver door and was thrilled to have the interior lighting back. I turned the key and the engine started right up like it always does. There were not any warnings or fault indications on the instrument panel. Loose battery cable perhaps? The problem with that theory is that all of my radio settings remained intact. I later tightened the battery cable on the negative terminal since I needed to know that I did something to prevent a reoccurrence. What could have caused the total electrical outage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtipping Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I don't know what caused it but i've had similar with different cars - loose connection would be my best guess and i've read on this forum about expansion an contraction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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