After vehicle is driven for about ten minutes it dies, thinking it is altenator dont know amps to have it replaced. motor size is 1.8L turbo.

Where both rebuilt alternators any good
& retested at store?

Your explaining a constant voltage drop,
once the battery is hooked up.

How about the ignition switch?
Does that have anything to do with
the regulator control in alternator?

You haven't said you have 14 plus volts
with motor running,so basically you don't
have an alternator charging your new battery
& the ignition currant, even without the lights on,
is running down the battery

All I said is what you already know

I'm is missing something?

Don't unhook any battery cables with
the motor running,were not living in the 1960's

Those type tests will ruin many things on newer
vehicles, than yours,loose that practice & also avoid
jump starting any vehicle from 1996 on

Thats very good news. Be advised that on your vehicles system, the ten minute trick resets the vehicles TDM. If the problem happens again in the future, your TDM is failing. It should never need to be reset (ten minute trick) unless it is failing. Be thinking about getting this replaced or bypassed so you dont get caught off gaurd. Good luck. Happy things are working again.

there is a reset button for some vehicles so what year and make do you have that is giving this problem so reply back more details.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE LOW VOLTAGE. PUT A VOLTMETER ON THE BATTERY WHILE TURNING THE KEY IN THE START POSITION. IF THE VOLTAGE DROPS BELOW 8 VOLTS, THAT IS TOO LOW. BATTERY NEEDS TO BE CHARGED OR REPLACED & TERMINALS CLEANED. IF IT STARTS CHECK THE CHARGING SYSTEM. MOTOR RUNNING, VOLTAGE AT THE BATTERY SHOULD READ 13.90 TO 14.90. IF IT IS TOO LOW GET THE ALTERNATOR TESTED.

I dont think it will be a turbo fault, the car would still run and you would really know if the turbo had gone.

Get a second opinion

Reagrds

Dan

Brad,
I too have the same vehicle with the same problem, however I don't think its a battery or alternator problem. I thought those were it at first too however after getting both checked that was not the case. My friends and family who have experience with cars think this is a computer glich of some kind, let me know if you figure this out!
Thanks,
David

you may need a new battery now that your altenator went, try jumping your car dose this help ?
with wireing problems like this you may need to find a trust auto shop.

you have a short on black and white wire coming from the atlternator to the inside fuse box trace the wire and you will find your problem i am send you the wire diagram in the next few minutes to help.

this is eithere a loose positive cable from the altenator to the battery or the regulator in the altenator is about to fail. if you have not had any problems starting the vehicle then most likely its a loose connection between the gauge and the charginging circuit or the gauge is faulty. take a multimeter and test the charging votage at the altenator while the vehicle is running it should measure 13.5 volts and should not change more than .5 volts. if the voltage drops more than 1 volt the regulater is bad and the altenator needs to be replaced. if it is working fine then looke for a bad connection make sure all positive and ground cables are tight. if they are replace amp gauge

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