Questions & Answers for: car run battery alone alternator

Question about 2004 Cooper

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...recharging the battery. If you take longer trips, the battery might run out of juice and the engine might stop. If not the alternator, you definately have a short somewhere else that needs

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...car is running off the battery alone. Sometimes a bad battery will take out an alternator,and after replacing it goes again.Check all connections,and check the feedback terminal on the alternator is ...

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...alone ,so long as it starts and runs check battery cables.may sure they are not loose or corroded.if battery cables has not been changed.they will cause high resistance in circuit causing charging ...

car just stopped ....lost power. Battery is only 1 year old or less. thought it was a cable connecting the battery because we replaced it and it started right up. Drove it all day today...no problems.

...car can only run so long on battery power alone, Sometimes the voltage regulator will die and send false signals but it still needs replacing. The regulator is inside the alternator. You can pull the ...

keyswitch..need to check the cars running voltage.. should be 14.5 or higher but not over 16..sounds like the battery alone is supporting the system(and it wont forlong)..may have a bad fuseable link.

battery cables with the key on, let alone the motor running,your asking for trouble on a computer controlled vehicle You will need a repair shop to diagnose the issues May have gotten a bad alternator

...car run alone for about a half hour then drove about 1 mile from my house when i died no speed odom no interior lights no radio no climate controls the only thing that works is the hazards checked ...

Question about 1991 Camaro

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...pump, and alternator run slower to reduce horsepower drag. I had to switch back to a standard alternator pulley because my battery would die in traffic with the underdrive pulley. I hope this

...battery + after starting it? the car should stay running with alternator power alone if the car dies alternator is bad. if it does not you have to check ignition, fuel delivery or compression. ...

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