Strange goings on in the car

Last night I parked the car on my drive way, as normal.

Radio off, lights off, lock it, go in have tea, watch telly, go to bed, snore loudly, a normal evening on the face of it.

About 1:00 in the morning, i get an elbow in the ribs. Its SWMBO telling me Ive left the car radio on. - er no and even if I had it goes off when you take the key out!

But she's right the car radio is on!

Coat on slippers on go out in the rain, unlock the car, turn the radio off, lock the car and so back to bed.

At about 3:00 the same thing happens, and again at about 04:30.

Now, what the hell has caused that?

Thinking back there have been a couple of occasions when the battery has been low on power I now wonder if may be the same thing has happened before and not been discovered.

Any ideas?

Is it possible that I have the worlds first haunted Astra?
What would it fetch on flea bay?

Originally Posted by seedy100

Last night I parked the car on my drive way, as normal.

Radio off, lights off, lock it, go in have tea, watch telly, go to bed, snore loudly, a normal evening on the face of it.

About 1:00 in the morning, i get an elbow in the ribs. Its SWMBO telling me Ive left the car radio on. - er no and even if I had it goes off when you take the key out!

But she's right the car radio is on!

Coat on slippers on go out in the rain, unlock the car, turn the radio off, lock the car and so back to bed.

At about 3:00 the same thing happens, and again at about 04:30.

Now, what the hell has caused that?

Thinking back there have been a couple of occasions when the battery has been low on power I now wonder if may be the same thing has happened before and not been discovered.

Any ideas?

Is it possible that I have the worlds first haunted Astra?
What would it fetch on flea bay?

I'd say, after careful consideration, that it's broken.

Haunted mate definitely - I'd not only sell it on fleabay, I'd give it away to the nearest person. I thought a clock at home was haunted once cos it seemed to gain time randomly - horrible experience.

May be a more modern version of this............ http://www.ark666y.com/

Originally Posted by seedy100

Is it possible that I have the worlds first haunted Astra?

There's your problem.

HTH

Astra la vista....

[Paul the 6th]

I had the exact same thing on a vauxhall once... I tried alsorts but the only remedy was to park it in a river and buy a mondeo

[dizzyblonde]

Sounds a bit like my dads old orange escort, could go to the pub(when you could have a couple of beers way back in the dark ages) park up, turn the car off, take the key out and it would still be running when you came out of the pub! (also way back in the dark ages when you could leave a car doing so)

or indeed it could be one of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-WOUaBckzw

Originally Posted by seedy100

Astra

Originally Posted by El Saxo

There's your problem.

Agreed! im fed up with my 2001 one now had light on dash fualt code sad throttle body (£200 on new one) nope try again, ECU (£600) exhaust system (£160) second hand hub carrier (£30) vaccum pipe came of throttle body or inlet manifold other day idled at 2,000 rpm drunk 2ltrs of oil in under 3,000 miles, poss manifold (which has cat in) is gettin knackered and ive only had it since september

[Nicky S]

what car is it ?? and have you done anything to it ??