Very occasionally (3 times in the last 2 weeks of daily driving), for about 1-2 seconds, the headlights will dim, the radio might turn off, the ABS dash light briefly comes on, and then everything goes back to normal. On one occasion, the car stalled. Sometimes I am travleing and sometimes I am stopped.

I have tried loading the electrical system (e.g., brakes depressed, turn signal on, wipers on, A/C on, radio on) and I cannot get the symptom to occur. Voltage across the battery (and battery terminals) with the car off read ~12V. Voltage with the car running reads ~13.5V.

Car has 140K miles with original alternator. Battery is 3.5yrs old. Battery/alternator dash light has not displayed during these episodes.

Per some previous posts (that hinted at the ignition), I have not touched the key during any of the episodes.

Any ideas?

Hi! I had a similar problem. Sometimes the front lights and the dash/radio lights went completely black. It turned out that it was the worn key lock.
Hope that helps.
stari ribic

thanks ..... is there any way to validate or not validate that the key lock may be the isse