NYCStang

I was just driving my car home about an hour ago in the pouring rain and i was a block from my house and the headlights shut off, the radio shut off, the blinkers stopped working, and a few lights on the console came on(like the slippery road light, the break light and the oil light). Any ideas what this could be?

NYCStang

anyone know? Should i bring it to a ford dealer?

Trill Gear Head

Take it to dealer to be on the safe side.

Railrider

I've heard of his happening with a loose ground wire, Either on the battery or
somewhere on the Alternator, I think someone posted about this recently, But I'm
not sure it was on this forum. But for sure take it to the dealer and have it documented,
just in case it happens again after the Warranty runs out.

blackfoot

alternator ground wire?!?! alternators are ground through its cassing

thatstang

I happened to me with less than 1k on odometer during rain. All lights went out but car ran just fine. Lights came back on after going over some bumps and I thought it must be a loose connection. Dealer decided to replace the power distribution box, the one under hood with all the fuses and relays. After they replaced it I had no issues :-) Also after I picked up the car, I cleaned every ground connection under the hood with 150grit sand paper for better contact so not sure if that helped as well. Take it to dealer and see what happens. It is not safe to drive like that because your ABS/traction control is disabled.

NYCStang

thanks alot everyone...i will take it to the dealer as soon as possible. I just needed to hear that it wasnt just me or something i did to make this happen. Thanks again. I will let u know what the problem was and what they did to fix it for future references.

NYCStang

ok so i go to start my car this morning just to see if it works and it did,, the lights all worked and everything seems normal except the alarm horn,,when i press the lock button twice on the remote it use to just make a single beep now it makes a short double beep. I guess i should still just bring it in to get taken care of.