# Help! My car is possessed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** focus, ford\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038 "2010-08-23T23:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucient](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lucient](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lucient)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/1 "2010-08-23T23:07:28Z")
I have a Ford Focus that is out of control. The gauges phase, a loud clicking noise can be heard from the dashboard, and the radio resets itself while driving! There is also a lurching that takes place with the engine; feels like it wants to go forward, but hesitates. Normally, when I get into the driveway and shut the car off, the radio resets itself and the car will not be able to start for another 15-25 minutes. The alternator has been checked and the battery-no problems! I’m thinking it’s a power relay, a problem with grounding or something else electrical. Can anyone give me any ideas? This has been happening intermittently for the past 3-years and no one-not even Ford-has been able to locate the problem. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/2 "2010-08-24T00:03:39Z")
Has the battery cables been cleaned? Has the fuse box been checked for corrosion? Has this car been in a flooded area at any time? Electrical problems like this are very hard to track down, very time consuming, and may even be futile if the car was flooded at any time in it’s past. ---
**Author:** ![Lucient](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lucient](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lucient)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/3 "2010-08-24T00:48:42Z")
The cables were checked again this weekend. The fuse box was also checked out-nothing appeared out of the ordinary. As far as I know, the car has no history of being flooded or been in a flooded area. I’ve had it for the past 3 1/2 years and the problem has been intermittent up until now. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/4 "2010-08-24T00:55:53Z")
How many keys on your key ring? Try only 1 key and see if it makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/5 "2010-08-24T00:59:06Z")
It’s been 5 years since Katrina. Any chance of this being a Katrina car? Or Wilma? What model year is it? ---
**Author:** ![Lucient](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lucient](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lucient)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/6 "2010-08-24T01:00:57Z")
1. Not a Katrina car as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Lucient](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lucient](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lucient)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-is-possessed/54038/7 "2010-08-24T01:01:27Z")
I only have the one key on the key ring.