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Your lucky you didn't hydro lock the engine. You probably shorted the alternator and its not putting out amps needed to operate most accessories on the vehicle (like power steering pump). Have the charging system checked out. Replace the items the repair shop tells you to replace.
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An unloaded reading of 10 Volts on a 12 Volt car battery is considered dead. There are 6 cells in a typical lead acid (car) battery - each provides 2 volts. They are internally connected in series to provide 12 volts on the + and - posts. If one is cell shorted out - you'd see 10 volts if fully charged. Trickle charge the battery for 24 hours and measure voltage again. If 12 volts, bring it to be load tested. that will tell you the true state of the battery.
po641 on a 09 g5 2.2 means that there is a problem with the 5 volt coming from the ecm the same 5 volts is sent to about 6 sensors you need to look at the 5 volt referance pid on a scan tool and disconect the sensors one by one till the referance volts comes to about 5 volts if that don't work then check the wires for a short to ground , usually ther are other codes in the memory to give you a hint
Your alternator is bad. When the car drove home fine it was running off the battery and not the alternator. Replace the alternator, and the belt too while you're at it.
hi well this looks like the battery is flat, either something has drained it, ie, partly open door (interior light) , boot light not going out, something left on lights? anything like that can cause this to happen, the other thing it might be is that your alternator is not charging the battery, you could get a jump start and get the alternator tested with a volt meter, if it reads less than 13volts on idle it is not charging , if it reads 13 volts on 1000 rpm, its not charging either. it should be 14 to 14.5volts anything over that to means the alternator is u/s as over charging the battery could cause just as much problems as not charging it correctly...hope this helps
Check for bad connection to the battery. Use a volt meter to check voltage from alternator to the battery, should be 14.5 volts to 15 volts. If you have anything less than that then look for a bad alternator wire from alternator to battery. Also check for a good ground connection to the battery. Do all the testing with everything off inside the car so you will not have a power drain from the system. hope this will help you.
That sounds like an alternator. It is not recharging the battery as you drive. Seems you were driving around on just battery power. Have the alternator and the battery tested. And I would get a new battery since it has been drained and charged a couple of times.
it sounds like the belt for the power steering got wet and is slipping causing no power stering,,,once the belt dries it should be ok,,,,but check to make sure the belt is there
You have a broken fan belt. Put the new one on according to the diagram under the hood. Replenish your radiator overfill reservoir and recheck it until all the air is purged from the system.
either your alternator has gone or your fan belt is not there which helps the alternator to charge the battery get a volt meter on your alternator to see if it is kicking out what it should be
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