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Hi Guys,

I have R33 GTST Series 2 skyline. Recently, randomly when i go out to start the car i get nothing. Sometimes i can't even get the doors to open using the alarm remote. Sometimes the doors will open but when i turn the key nothing happens at all. Anyway the first time it did this after playing around for a little bit i found that basically wiggling the wires at the battery terminals would get the car up and running. This has happened maybe 5 times in the last two months. Also twice in the last couple of months i have been driving around and for a split second everything dies then comes back on as though nothing had happened.

I'm guessing that it is an electrical fault somewhere along the line that is causing the above issues. My question is, could an electrical issue like this cause random issues with idle revs. Sometimes the car at idle will drop below 500rpm and bounce between zero and 400rpm and then stall. If i give it some rev then it usually picks itself up again and revs normally again. Just wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences?

The battery was only replaced at the beginning of the year and the connection at the terminal seems pretty solid.

Cheers,

Dean

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check for corrosion at the terminals, as well as that it wouldnt hurt to get the battery tested to make sure its not the battery, if all else fails auto elec i guess?

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