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I just replaced battery and alternater but the battery died hile driving and once i jump the car it ill run for thirty seconds then die.

Brand new alternater and batt.after i changed the alternater the car ran fine for a week then one morning the abs/ service traction light came on and a few minutes later the battery light came on. the car ran fine for a few days but the batt light would pop on right at start up and then after a few miles go off. finally a few days later i parked the car and it wouldnt start back up. dead batt. After car died i took the battery for testing and its fine. we fully charged it and put it back in. it got me home but died as i was pulling in driveway. please help

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Try to check the battery voltage with the engine running. Should be at least 13.6V from the alternator to charge the battery enough.

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You've had the misfortune of getting a bad rebuilt alternator-sorry-they should give you another one -I hope its not hard to replace-Denny

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    deanna Nov 07, 2013

    they bench tested the alternater and said it was fine... now what ??

  • Denny Giesel Nov 08, 2013

    try charging the battery over night so it will start-check the voltage before you start the car-it should be 12.5v-then start the car and it should go up to 13.5 to14.2 range-if its not doing this you've got something thats drain power off like a power amp or added on security system-if this isn't the case you should try to make it to a mechanic-sorry Denny

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