Car suddenly cutting out, no warning

[JF01]

Hi,

 

Looking for some help on why my car has 'died' on me a couple of time.

 

Basically, sitting in a long queue (30mins) of traffic this morning when all of a suddenly, nothing.

My car totally cut out, no hazards or anything worked. Totally gone. This had happened once last year and

I sort of played about with the battery and it came on again. So this time, I jumped out in a fit of panic and basically

Pressed hard (punched) on the battery connections and everything came back on.

 

Would this simply be a connection thing or more likely a battery issue? I'm a bit concerned for when driving home at 70mph and it just 'dies' on me.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

PS - It's an import with the slim battery if that makes any difference.

 

Cheers.

JF

[martinmac]

Hi bud, the smaller batteries on the imports could be the issue. I would suggets taking advantage of one of the franchises offering a frree battery check.

[Stew]

Sounds like the connections. I'd be making sure they were tight!

[Darren-B]

it could be something other than the battery, as once the car is running the battery is not used, ie you can dis connect it with the car running.

[M13KYF]

may be an earthing issue with the battery. Charge is still going to it when the motor is running so not totally unsued as previous post