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CP241 · 07-20-2019, 08:25 AM

It's not uncommon for electronic comoonents to fail intermittently before a hard failure occurs. This is across anything... cars, golf cart, computer, home electronics, anything really. Could be something as simple on component level as a leaking capacitor, cold solder joint on the PCB, etc.

As to exactly what fails inside these things, I dont know. I've never opened one up to see. Parts like this are usually filled.with an epoxy resin for weatherproofing and kind of a PITA to remove it to access the components on the PCB to try and determine true root cause.

But, back to subject, I would tape up the eyelet to make sure it doesnt touch anything metal and drive it for a bit before replacing it. Just to make sure it's not a coincidence. Sometimes intermittent failures are the ones that drive you nuts.

07-20-2019, 08:25 AM	#8
CP241 Nincompoop village idiot Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,684	Re: 2003 DS intermittent no start It's not uncommon for electronic comoonents to fail intermittently before a hard failure occurs. This is across anything... cars, golf cart, computer, home electronics, anything really. Could be something as simple on component level as a leaking capacitor, cold solder joint on the PCB, etc. As to exactly what fails inside these things, I dont know. I've never opened one up to see. Parts like this are usually filled.with an epoxy resin for weatherproofing and kind of a PITA to remove it to access the components on the PCB to try and determine true root cause. But, back to subject, I would tape up the eyelet to make sure it doesnt touch anything metal and drive it for a bit before replacing it. Just to make sure it's not a coincidence. Sometimes intermittent failures are the ones that drive you nuts.