gotboost88

have a 1995 fd 28,000 miles automatic

so i was driving home... and all of a sudden my battery light came on and the little red light about the oil and temp came on and the car started running like garbage??


what happened??

Brodie121

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Low battery voltage, alternator trouble.

BillM

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alternator. does your air pump cycle on and off making noise too?

PINTSIZEKILLA7

Did the hold light start flashing? Kinda sounds like it went into limp mode.

IRPerformance

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Its most likely the battery or the alternator. Contact me if you would like a 140 amp upgrade for the alternator.

ThekidintheFD

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alternator. lol had that problem happen to me 2 times already. change it out before you get stranded like i did. =[

muibubbles

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my money is on the alt.

rx7nv

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I just had the same lights two weeks or so ago. The first problem I found was the charging cable to the voltage regulator was not tightened down. So after I fixed that about a mile down the road the lights came back on. I noticed the the alt was putting out a steady 11.4v. Just as I was about to buy a new alt I realized that belt was really loose. After I looked closer I found that the alt bracket was not tightened down all the way. After I tightened everything back down I was getting 14v again. I would say if the alt is not loose then it is probably bad.