Wife's G4 just had the battery light come on again after 2 years.

[dspace9]

Traded in my Mirage the other day... jk

[Dirk Diggler]

Ok so uh update. The AC isn't blowing very cold at idle but blows fine in park and moving down the road. Here's hoping it's just low refrigerant and not an electrical issue with the fan. We got 2 fans right? No issue with the engine running hot either.

[Fummins]

What a piece of junk. Sell it already lol

There’s only one rad fan on these cars.
It’s probably low on refrigerant. But I was once wrong before so it’s probably something else. Maybe the compressor rusted off?

[Dirk Diggler]

What a piece of junk. Sell it already lol

There’s only one rad fan on these cars.
It’s probably low on refrigerant. But I was once wrong before so it’s probably something else. Maybe the compressor rusted off?

Turns out it was just the ecu resetting itself, an electrical glitch, probably from unplugging the battery?

When we first sat in the car with the fan and cold on full blast, it wasn't blowing anything but hot air, then the compressor finally kicked on and started blowing ice cold. Could be nothing, could be the start of never ending electrical gremlins? We'll see.

Carmax and Mitsubishi offered us $10k for it as is. Wife and I might trade it in if it keeps acting up and get a new Outlander Sport. She's always preferred coupes and sedans but likes how small the Sport is.

[Top_Fuel]

...The slightly lower than normal current is bugging me a little bit...

Wait...I thought you said everything tested out OK once you fixed the connection.

Must resist urge to ask more questions...

[Dirk Diggler]

Wait...I thought you said everything tested out OK once you fixed the connection.

Must resist urge to ask more questions...

Ok, meaning it was at 12.5 - 13 when we tested it. That's just barely out of spec right?

One thing we noticed though, the alternators in both our Mirages keep extremely hot very fast. My friend thought that was odd.

[Fummins]

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[Dirk Diggler]

I'm going to drive the piss out of the G4 tomorrow and see how she holds up. I'm impressed the amount of abuse these cheap cars can take.

[Cobrajet]

Attachment 23381

Finished result of crimping. Does this look clean or what? Honest opinions. We really clamp it on tight, copper wires to copper connector mount. Looks like it'll hold?

Is there a wrecked Mirage near you in a yard? I'd replace that connector. Cut that wire out of a wrecked Mirage and splice it into your harness. That would be a cheap and easy way to rule this out as a problem.

Hell, get the same wire off of ANY wrecked car. You might even be able to replace it with an off-the-shelf battery terminal wire like this one.

https://www.amazon.com/Spartan-Power...463804953&th=1

[Cobrajet]

Traded in my Mirage the other day... jk

If gas prices do what some analysts say they might this summer the guy with the 'Stang may ask to trade you...straight across.