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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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Unhappy my symptoms, bad alternator? help.

I was driving on the freeway and my battery light, my oil light, and coolant light all came on, but seemed to be drivign fine. After a little more driving i realized that my car would shutter when i tried to boost. Eventually, the car was unable to increase speed at all and just died when i got to a hill. I tried to jump it, but it wouldnt start. It actually didnt even have enough power to roll up the windows. I was wondering what the problem could be. I was thinking that it was an alternator problem, but I wanted to check with you guys before I went and replaced that.
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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Alternator would be a likely culprit
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 07:30 PM
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exactly same thing happend to me its alternator mate, once i got the alternator fixed all the lights went back out,,,and car runs fine again
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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It's the alternator for sure. Get a reman from Malloy Mazda (speak to Ray Crowe), don't even bother with a local rebuild.
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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If you can buy a $20 multimeter from Sears or borrow one you can test the alternator. I think AutoZone and/or Advance can will test it for free.
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