Not exact matches
My car's generator is putting out 13.5
voltages when on full load (blower, ac, lights etc) but when i check the
voltage on car's cigarette lighter port it it
drops to
even 11.6 when blower is on, when...
Even if you jump it, your bad battery will
drop the
voltage so you wouldn't be able to start it, given you battery is in very bad shape.
The best probable explanation I can come up with is that the «false start» you described caused a
drop or spike in
voltage (or
even removed
voltage from the supply line, depending on what you did with the ignition key) right at the point that the airbag controller was powering up and performing its self - diagnostic.
SAVE BATTERY mode, meanwhile, enables the high -
voltage battery's charge level to be maintained or
even topped up if it has
dropped below 50 per cent.
Even cheap power strips will do a decent enough job protecting against the power surges, but they offer no protection against
drops in line
voltage, brownouts, blackouts, and other power supply issues.