OK Now What

[zackp]

My wife called this morning and i guess the battery was dead so I told her put the charger on it. Well after calling back she got the car started but I guess all the lights now are blinking. I haven't seen it yet so can't give you exact details. Has this happened to any of you all? Any tips? Should I just disconnect the battery and reconnect it then see what happens???? Any help be awesome thank you all.

[cerick08GP]

Umm my first gut response is did she mistakenly turn on the emergency flashers?

Other than that, I have never heard of such a thing happening on a GP.

[blueguy]

Yeah, I'd try disconnecting it...that's odd.

[dboy187]

well guys i had a 2000 cavalier i bought it wrecked and rebuilt it but i had the same problem with the headlights blinking while running turned out to be something to do with a theft system and long story short was a fuse, just my .02. good luck

[zackp]

Well thanks guys when she got home I checked to see what was going on. It was deffintly one of the weirdest deals I've seen the lights would flash with or without the car running, but any how I just disconnected the battery and reconnected it. Problem solved, but don't know why it would of done that. Any ways thanks

[dboy187]

Glad.it was.something simple.lol

[BillBoost37]

Next startup it'll probably be fine.

[Zef_66]

Glad you got everything figured out.

My guess on the whole situation: The battery was dead, and your wife put the charger on it. The car started, but the voltage was really low for the first couple seconds/minutes. There is a whole series of tests that each system does on startup to make sure everything is performing correctly. If there is low voltage those tests would fail or fail to run and cause the lights to come on. Once the battery was charged enough that it had good voltage when restarted, it would work fine. Just a guess.