Alternator Dead? Need confirmation
12-11-2008, 05:14 AM
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Alternator Dead? Need confirmation
Driving to work this morning, battery warning light comes on. By the time I had driven 25 miles, The cluster lights had flickered and died, the radio had shut off, lights went out, hvac stopped, and the only operational electrical components were the warning lights for brakes, abs, battery, and ESP. Car died and wouldn't turn over after 25 miles(~1 miler from work). I'm having the car towed home. Do you guys think my initial diagnosis of a faulty alternator is accurate Thanks.
12-11-2008, 05:45 AM
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Re: could just be a broken or slipping serpentine belt...
Didn't consider that. Slipping serp. belt would not allow the alt. to charge the battery. Same result. I'll check it and post the results. Thanks.
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12-11-2008, 06:29 AM
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I would say probably an alternator. The car dies bc it was using the power from the battery
to run everything, including coil packs, and plugs. Usually if you try to jump a car with a bad alt, it will die as soon as you take the jumper leads off..
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12-11-2008, 08:36 AM
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Am dealing with this now. Broken belt hardly visible.
Its so tight between radiator and pulleys that it was hard to see at first that the reason the car died was because the battery drained due to a broken alternator belt.