Electrical Issue, Need Help!

[19963.4lsr5]

Your battery light never came on while driving?

Go buy a simple usb charger with a voltage readout that plugs into your cigarette lighter. It’s a easy, cheep, and constant way to watch your charging system.


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[brillo_76]

I am suspecting an alternator issue as a possibility and or a bad short. You currently have lots of things to check.

What's your current draw with everything off?






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[McLoven1t562]

nope, does the 96 even have that light? I've got a permanent ABS and Airbag light (no clockspring and deleted abs lol) those are covered up by electrical tape....but never saw any indicators on

 

[McLoven1t562]

totally forgot to test the draw, I ended up just finding a Duralast Gold at my local AutoZone and picked it up last night. Got home from work today and picked my charged battery up from Advanced, swapped alternators put the battery in and everything is running tits at the moment.

Can't save money by turning my rental in early so I'm just going to run to Kroger tonight with it but not drive it til at least tomorrow evening after i've returned the Hybrid I got....might as well save a little gas during the morning commute ha ha

Thanks for the help and sorry for my dickish moments, I'm sure you can understand this stuff is just frustrating when crap happens to your daily

 

[brillo_76]

nope, does the 96 even have that light? I've got a permanent ABS and Airbag light (no clockspring and deleted abs lol) those are covered up by electrical tape....but never saw any indicators on

Yes it does.. All 3rd gens have a charge light in the dash.

If you have some serious current draws with everything off. Your battery wont last long.

Lots of times folks hook up aftermarket radio amps wrong. Or dont fix the bad insulation or crack wires in their door jams which is a cause of alot of the short issues.

Plus if your alternator was not replaced with a denso, just some generic rebuild, don't expect it to last like the original one did. Sadly those advance, auto zone big box auto parts store quality is very bad.

 

[McLoven1t562]

Yes it does.. All 3rd gens have a charge light in the dash.

If you have some serious current draws with everything off. Your battery wont last long.

Lots of times folks hook up aftermarket radio amps wrong. Or dont fix the bad insulation or crack wires in their door jams which is a cause of alot of the short issues.

Plus if your alternator was not replaced with a denso, just some generic rebuild, don't expect it to last like the original one did. Sadly those advance, auto zone big box auto parts store quality is very bad.

whoops, I totally put a Duralast Gold alternator in lol -- oh well, it's on there, so we'll just go ahead and see how long it lasts. Sometimes ya get lucky and they last for a long time.

I'll put a meter on it soon and monitor the power but I'd be surprised if I have this issue again soon just because even with the previous alternator it never have this problem in almost 1 1/2 years whether it was with the old battery, new battery or now the new alternator. Still going to be worth monitoring though just in case.

 

[brillo_76]

Maybe your luck is better then most..

To check to see if your Bat light is bad. Turn your ignition on and all your lights should illuminate on your instrument cluster... This is how you tell if your lights are burned out or not in your instrument cluster.

I am sure you will keep us posted.

 

[spartacus]

Oh wow....... so I had checked the battery the other day and it tested good.

Just took it to Advance and it's at 7.9 volts and NINE, NINE CCA

Guess I need to look up Interstates exchange process since it's only 6 months old and replace my alternator while I'm at it.

Still got new terminals and grease while I'm at it, but I hope it's just replacing the alternator if they cant save the battery....told em to put it on the charger just to see what happens. They claim its recoverable

Check the alternator 120 amp fuse is good.

 

[McLoven1t562]

Check the alternator 120 amp fuse is good.

yea I'll be sure to double check it once I go pick up some of my tools from my storage unit. I'll find some space in my closet to store em this time lol

Maybe your luck is better then most..

To check to see if your Bat light is bad. Turn your ignition on and all your lights should illuminate on your instrument cluster... This is how you tell if your lights are burned out or not in your instrument cluster.

I am sure you will keep us posted.

only time will tell on the luck, I am a red headed irish man, so ya know

Yea so the battery light does illuminate which is nice, just wish it would've come on at some point leading up to this issue!!! lol , looks to me like all the proper lights are still good because I see a ton of signals on before I turn the ignition on. So appears to be all good there