Sw2 looses electrical power and stalls

[kenmtb]

Hello-
1998 saturn sw2 manual 100K miles.
The car just started loosing electrical power and stalling. This happens once every other day. It usually starts right up after stalling but today I had to wait a few minutes. It acts like a connection is loose but I cant find it The battery terminals seemed tight.

Symptoms:
* Battery OK, car starts right up, headlights are bright when engine off.
* Dome light very dim, stopped comming on for a while.
* instrument lights seem to flicker.
* Today I noticed the headlight indicator was flicking on and off like a connection is loose. This happened before the car stalled.
* no warning lights and everything else seems fine.

Any ideas?
Thanks

[Cat Fuzz]

I'm thinking bad ground(s) somewhere. Check your battery cables thoroughly. Side post batteries can fool you into thinking you have a good connection when you don't. The cables could also be corroded under the insulation, hidden from view.

[kenmtb]

Originally Posted by Cat Fuzz

I'm thinking bad ground(s) somewhere. Check your battery cables thoroughly. Side post batteries can fool you into thinking you have a good connection when you don't. The cables could also be corroded under the insulation, hidden from view.

Thank you for taking time to reply. I reseated and tightened the cables. That seemed to stop the symptoms. I had no problems so far (knock on plastic).
Hopefully that was the problem. Thanks