1998 Nissan Altima "alt fail light" Questions

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Hello I have 1998 nissan altima and my question is, what would cause me to lose all electrical power? No dash lights and wont crank. Sounds like a failed alternator to me. The alt powers everything ...

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...light stays on dash the alt glows, when the charge system fails. belt feel off? or engine RPM way below 800rpm hot? or bad, battery, wiring or alt., the brake lamp comes on for every key on, for self ...

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...alt to make it put out juice what im saying is get a text light an see if you have power going to the alt its called an exiter wire you haft to exited the alt to get it started haha hope this ...

fail or possibly your battery. batt light is actualy charging circuit indicator. if its on when vehicle is running the alt is usualy bad   volt meter on battery should read 13.2 to

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fail, and ALT Is 100% good) it's a system. each part of it must be good, end to end. so... i put my voltmeter across battery, i start car, i see 13.3 to 15vdc, alt is good. no? , i see now, 12.2v. ALt

...ALT will FAIL. now we land on 2 more wires, most cars. that rear connector. 1 is ignition sense wire, if open alt goes nuts. 2: is the idiot lamp. if lamp is bad, (dead) the alt can shut down. this ...

all my hazard lights stay on affter alternator was changed 2006 xb scion1 gen anon steps 1: remove battery neg lug now or blow to H3LL the ALT 100 amp huge fuse, making ALT OFF LINE, , never skip step

...ALT wire. here is our car, back when, Pickups by them. I numbered 6 the fail paths for you, besides wires bad. 4 fuse here. fuselink 4 and 3 blown ALT is dead. never change the alt out with battery ...

...fail sure can. the alternator, is what glows that battery lamp, (bat /gen/alt/charger) or is dead alternator or intermittent or fails hot. or a bad battery , or intermittent. and sure heat ...

...light. even DRL lamps go dead if ALT fails.LAMP battery glows. and to prevent evap core freeze up or compressor damage or if engine overheats or PCM puts engine in limphome mode to gain bad lost ...

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