BlueLimited87
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- May 13, 2004
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Well........while driving home in heavy stop & go traffic my car died. What happend was while driving (at night) I noticed my speedometer lighting went very dim and my radio audio cut out. Car started to sputter and I was barely able to make it to the breakdown lane when it shut down. After a minute or two and a few EXPLETIVES %#@%&**!!!! I tried to restart it but it wouldn't, but it did crank or turnover. After about 30 minutes of talking to my wife and AAA to try and arrange a tow the car restarted with no problem. Still got it towed because I didn't need a repeat performance of this problem.
Once home....again car started up no problem. But haven't driven it yet. Obviously it sounds alternator/battery related but how should I go about diagnosing my problem? And I don't have a volt meter (but I will get one if it is not to expensive). Any help would be appreciated.
ON A SIDE NOTE.......I noticed last year while drive the car the volt light in the dash would flicker intermittedly when I would drive over a pot hole or a really rough section of road. It would do this while highway driving not on the slower city roads. Very Strange. THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE
Once home....again car started up no problem. But haven't driven it yet. Obviously it sounds alternator/battery related but how should I go about diagnosing my problem? And I don't have a volt meter (but I will get one if it is not to expensive). Any help would be appreciated.
ON A SIDE NOTE.......I noticed last year while drive the car the volt light in the dash would flicker intermittedly when I would drive over a pot hole or a really rough section of road. It would do this while highway driving not on the slower city roads. Very Strange. THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE