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YOUR RESEARCHIt was such a nice day....
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Check battery cables and the power lines at the alternator
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Check your battery cables and the power lines at the alternator.
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70 and sunny here in Seattle. Top down and merged on to 520 westbound right in front of a F360. Being mid day with traffic light, we were having some fun picking off traffic together going across the floating bridge when my dash lit up like a xmas tree! PSM warning,ABS warning,brake fluid warning, and battery warning. If you know the bridge I'm talking about, there is no place to pull over and if you did, your fellow commuters would throw you off said bridge for causing a traffic back up! I was thinking that I might of snapped a serpentine belt, but a quick assesment of no unusual noises,no temp increases etc... and then noticing that my voltage had dropped below 12 and remained there...looks like a new alternator or voltage regulator is in my near future! Oh well, it could have been worse. It still was a great day to have the top down enjoying the music of composer Fister D!
Do you happen to own a code reader, that might help you make a diagnosis rather than guessing? At least you had a decent drive just before the light show.
When my '01 C4 did that on the way back from Daytona in 2005 a Costco battery was the fix...still is.
Damn, and there I was astride my JD, first dry spell mean mowing the lawn....
I don't have a code reader, and I've checked all cables and lines(no corrosion, no frayed wires etc...), I don't think it could be a dying battery, because all interior/exterior lights are bright as per normal and the starter motor is normal/not slow to crank etc... I fired it up this morning and the voltage hung around 11.5 during warm up, then settled at around 11.8 or so. It really sounds like the alternator is on its way out and if so, how long will the battery compensate before it would leave me stranded? Not sure I'll get a chance to replace it for 2-3 days and it is my daily driver...although my wife is out of town for the next 1 1/2 days, so I have her car. Thoughts appreciated!
