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indy4192
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Nov 15, 2010, 10:15 AM

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1997 Dodge Neon
135,000
4 cylinder

For the past week or so the battery light has been coming lighting up from time to to time on my sisters 97 dodge neon. She went and had the battery tested and the battery place said it was okay. The altanator was just replaced in Nov. 07 so we figured it could not be it. Well she was driving home last night and the car died. I showed up, jumped it and let it charge off my battery and she drove it about a mile again before she lost power. We jumped it again and it started and she drove another mile before it went dead again. We had it towed to the shop at that point. Can an altanator go bad in 3 years? The place we had it put on said the warrenty expired in Oct of 09 or less then 2 years after we had it installed.
Could it be something other then the altanator? We just had a new starter put on about a week ago. Not sure how old the batter is at this point or when it was bought.

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Nov 15, 2010, 11:58 AM

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3 years? An alternator can go bad in 3 hours and I've seen it happen. Sure there are other causes of not charging but that is what they will have to check out.

(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Nov 17, 2010, 5:45 PM)

indy4192
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Nov 15, 2010, 1:48 PM

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3 years? An alternator can go bad in 3 hours and I've seen it happen. Sure there are other causes of not charging but that is what they will have to check out.

the mechanic believes from his checking the system that the belts are showing age and not tight enough to allow the altanator to work correctly. Can it be that simple?

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Nov 15, 2010, 3:24 PM

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They would have to be falling off loose. Not likely.

(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Nov 17, 2010, 5:44 PM)

bobfrompgd
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Nov 17, 2010, 4:20 PM

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A good batt. and alt. wont do any good if you have bad connections or cables in bad shape. make sure everything is clean and in good shape.

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