95 Montero LS Dash lights flash?

[amerkel08]

Hi All!

Im glad to join this forum! lots of great info.

I recently bought and am trying to modify a 95 mitsu montero. here is a mystery problem for you:

every once in a while ill be driving and all my red warning lights: brake, A/T, Battery, SRS, door (maybe others), flash for an instant. no lights stay on. car runs normally.

as far as I can tell, the lights all work normally besides this. I havent done anything yet because I have no idea whats up, but I tried searching and havent found anything similar. was wondering if any of you had an idea where to start looking.

Thanks for all your help!

 

[MarkGramlich]

You might check the battery cables and the ground straps between the; battery and the chassis, engine and the chassis. Does your 95 have the gauge cluster on the top of the dash?

 

[amerkel08]

You might check the battery cables and the ground straps between the; battery and the chassis, engine and the chassis. Does your 95 have the gauge cluster on the top of the dash?

Thanks! Will do. Do you mean the main gushes? I suppose you could say that. If you mean the pod with the compass and such yes also. I didn't see any ground point problems. I will multimeter tomorrow

 

[MarkGramlich]

"Do you mean the main gushes?" <----- i don't know what you are asking here?

Even though you state the red warning lights flash for an instant, I was curious if the voltage gauge on the top of the dash showed anything? That's why I asked about the gauge cluster on the top of the dash.

 

[amerkel08]

"Do you mean the main gushes?" <----- i don't know what you are asking here?

Even though you state the red warning lights flash for an instant, I was curious if the voltage gauge on the top of the dash showed anything? That's why I asked about the gauge cluster on the top of the dash.

Just wanted to update. Gushes=guages, sorry missed that one. The voltmeter was stable as far as I could tell.

It ended up being my alternator, or more specifically the volt regulator on the alternator. I know because it straight gave up the ghost on me on a road trip and started overcharging (like 18-19v). I replaced the alternator as soon as I could, and have not had the issue since.

Funny enough a friend of mine also bought a Montero and had the same problem. We did the same fix and it worked, so must be common.

I haven't seen any long term problems from the overcharge luckily.