...serpentine belt to see if it was broken? Do NOT drive a car when a warning light comes on! The most likely was you threw the alternator belt. But that also powers the water pump. So you badly over ...
...bad and looser serpentine belt drain my battery. Hi, I can help. Drain your battery no. Prevent your battery from properly charging and causing loss of power yes. The serpentine belt spins the pulley ...
...bad alternator / serpentine drive belt, frozen belt pulley, bad alternator. Be sure your underhood light, map light, courtesy or dome light and cargo light are shutting off properly and not causing a ...
Serpentine belt is slipping. You may have a bad belt tensioner or possibly somthing leaking on belt causing it to slip. The belt runs the alternator and powersteering. Also check condition of the belt
...bad alternator and or belt. Don't use the car until repaired or you could end up with another dead battery or ruin the new one if you replaced the old one. when the battery light is on this means the ...
...serpentine belt replaced along with the alternator and now my car sputters. The only thing that comes to mind is the belt may be set to tight. Why was the alternator replaced? If it was an attempt to ...
serpentine belt or drive belt around the altenator; if its slick or worn, this would cause slippage and not provide adequate charging to keep the car from stalling. A car should be able to run off the
to stop the engine NOW and determine the problem. A likely cause is a broken serpentine belt which will cause the engine to overheat (no water pump) and the battery to go dead (no alternator charging)
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...serpentine belt for tension as well If all your fuses are good and battery / belt is good, most likely some part of the alternator has gone bad. Or there is a short between the fusebox and your power ...
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...bad. The battery is there only to start the vehicle. Once running, the alternator supplies the power to operate the car and recharge the power lost by the battery during the starting process. Anytime ...
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