# Electrical gremlin

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical-gremlin/44834>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, tahoe\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical-gremlin/44834 "2010-02-20T21:30:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![samruiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@samruiz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/samruiz)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical-gremlin/44834/1 "2010-02-20T21:30:38Z")

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When I am driving, sometimes the door locks will lock/unlock on their own and the gauges will go haywire. When I stop and turn off the key, I lose all power to everything. Also, sometimes when I turn off the key the CD player will try to change CDs over and over, even when no CD is present.

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical-gremlin/44834/2 "2010-02-21T00:12:44Z")

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You may want to start by checking the cable connections to the battery and the connection of the negative cable to the chassis to be certain that there isn’t a build-up of corrosion. If this doesn’t cure the problem, the next step I would take is to have the battery and charging system tested.
