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#1 ·
Ok here's my dilemma...my 98 accord is losing power and can't future out from where. At idle my volt meter jumps around from 12.5 and then suddenly drops to low 11 and back up. I though I had a faulty alternator so I took it off and got Autozone to check it but it passed, I also checked every fuse and they are all good. And already had to get the car towed home because it finished draining all the power whole driving. If someone has any idea of what may be causing this pls let me know your ideas/thoughts.

Oh and by the way I have a sound system on the car and I disconnected all of it thinking it could've been an amp or speaker but no luck yet.
 
#3 ·
voltage should be around 13-14 VDC with the car at idle....
check for a parasitic drain and have the battery checked.....it could just be that the battery isn't holding a charge and like 1997exblue said, check your grounds
 
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