Young_Gun

Today, I put my key in, turned it, heard a pop, and the entire car was dead.

No electronics whatsoever. I thought maybe a battery wire had come loose, so I popped the hood, jiggled the sub woofer power wire, and everything came right back to life. All the electronics had reset, but it was all normal.

I drove it around for an hour and had no issue whatsoever.

Any ideas?

Nyhm

This happened to me once and turned out my battery terminal had a ton a of corrosion on it

aaquib1992

Still have the stock battery? Is it low on juice?

Usually wonky electronics are a sign of the crap OEM battery dying. When mine was starting to go out, my stereo would randomly shut off and not come back on until I parked the car and restarted it. Or the doors would randomly initiate the locking mechanism (even if they were already in the lock position) when I was driving/sitting there.

So check your battery first and foremost.

SKAR

Make sure your cables are tight, if you wiggled a wire and it "fixed" it then you should obviously track down the loose connection.

06stangia

Loose connection or bad battery. The battery post could be bad.

06stangia

Hold on why is there a miata lover on here?

Nyhm

Because he's a moderator?

Young_Gun

Because the Miata is a fun little car for driving through the hills and mountains.