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2.7 Liter w/ 138,000 miles - keeping her in shape
Thanks guys! I feel better now, although the car is out of service at
the moment. After three weeks of driving 50 miles a day with no problems, the battery light came on. Shortly after that my headlights, dashlights, and radio went out while the car was running. At first I suspected the alternator, but I checked it on the car with a voltmeter and it seems ok. I've been putting off testing the battery (because this happens while the car is running), but I'm going to give that a shot tomorrow and hope that's the issue. After reading a few posts it sounds like a bad battery could cause some funky things to happen while the car is running in these cars. Does anyone know if the alternator could be giving me intermittent problems, as in it only works part of the time? I thought when alternators went bad they died completely. Thanks again! -SS |
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Thanks guys! I feel better now, although the car is out of service at
the moment. After three weeks of driving 50 miles a day with no problems, the battery light came on. Shortly after that my headlights, dashlights, and radio went out while the car was running. At first I suspected the alternator, but I checked it on the car with a voltmeter and it seems ok. I've been putting off testing the battery (because this happens while the car is running), but I'm going to give that a shot tomorrow and hope that's the issue. After reading a few posts it sounds like a bad battery could cause some funky things to happen while the car is running in these cars. Does anyone know if the alternator could be giving me intermittent problems, as in it only works part of the time? I thought when alternators went bad they died completely. Thanks again! -SS |
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Stephen wrote:
> ...After reading > a few posts it sounds like a bad battery could cause some funky things > to happen while the car is running in these cars. Does anyone know if > the alternator could be giving me intermittent problems, as in it only > works part of the time? I thought when alternators went bad they died > completely. Based on my hanging out on Chrysler- and LH-specific forums and ownership of a Concorde for a over 3 years, I would say that an alternator failing on these cars is *very* rare (don't know that I've ever seen a post about a failed LH alternator). When things start acting screwy on the dash on these cars, it's almost always a battery problem. They don't act like other cars I've messed with over the years with charging system issues. Just to be safe, check your battery connection. There is a direct connection from the battery to the alternator, so the only places for a bad connection to the alternator are at the battery and at the alternator. Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x') ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Stephen wrote:
> ...After reading > a few posts it sounds like a bad battery could cause some funky things > to happen while the car is running in these cars. Does anyone know if > the alternator could be giving me intermittent problems, as in it only > works part of the time? I thought when alternators went bad they died > completely. Based on my hanging out on Chrysler- and LH-specific forums and ownership of a Concorde for a over 3 years, I would say that an alternator failing on these cars is *very* rare (don't know that I've ever seen a post about a failed LH alternator). When things start acting screwy on the dash on these cars, it's almost always a battery problem. They don't act like other cars I've messed with over the years with charging system issues. Just to be safe, check your battery connection. There is a direct connection from the battery to the alternator, so the only places for a bad connection to the alternator are at the battery and at the alternator. Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x') ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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