Stuck far from home. Battery light came on, now Los of power.

[Shtiv]

Hi guys, for frm home and has better light came on, and alternator voltage gauge dropped to 11. At Oreillys, they say everything looks good. But can’t start car as if battery is dead, i jump car car and it starts, but no lights and nothing works. Car drives but with a loss of power. Any ideas? I need to get home. Thank you!

 

[Shtiv]

Hi guys, for frm home and has better light came on, and alternator voltage gauge dropped to 11. At Oreillys, they say everything looks good. But can’t start car as if battery is dead, i jump car car and it starts, but no lights and nothing works. Car drives but with a loss of power. Any ideas? I need to get home. Thank you!

Everything is good when i jump car, but once i remove portable jumper all gauges on dash go to zero and very few things work in car And car runs like crap.

 

[tRidiot]

That sure sounds like a bad alternator.... so at O'Reilly's they checked and said your alternator was charging???

Something's off there... you should be able to run off the alternator even if the battery is bad or missing.

 

[Shtiv]

That sure sounds like a bad alternator.... so at O'Reilly's they checked and said your alternator was charging???

Something's off there... you should be able to run off the alternator even if the battery is bad or missing.

Thank you! We’re checking it again. I’ll hero forum updated with what we find.

 

[Tonyv__]

Thank you! We’re checking it again. I’ll hero forum updated with what we find.

Definitely alternator. If the meter shows the alternator is charging. Then you need to test at the battery to make sure you’re getting the same voltage output that the alternator is giving off. If it’s not the same then you may have a broken or loose power/ground wire somewhere

 

[89Suburban]

Everything is good when i jump car, but once i remove portable jumper all gauges on dash go to zero and very few things work in car And car runs like crap.

That screams alternator to me too.

 

[Shtiv]

Swapped out alternator, that was the issue. Thank you all very much!

 

[Jimmyy]

NASCAR got nothing on you.

 

[iamdub]

...you should be able to run off the alternator even if the battery is bad or missing.

Not on these rigs and not on many modern cars since early 2000s.

 

[Shtiv]

NASCAR got nothing on you.

Nothing like your alternator going out when you are driving through wheat fields in the middle of NOWHERE . Luckily i was able to get to an Oreillys where i then got stranded but they had ONE alternator and it happened to be the exact one i needed and the brand i wanted.

 

[HD_LS]

Nothing like your alternator going out when you are driving through wheat fields in the middle of NOWHERE . Luckily i was able to get to an Oreillys where i then got stranded but they had ONE alternator and it happened to be the exact one i needed and the brand i wanted.

Yep, Alternator & Battery are the things most likely to leave you stranded. That's why I'm a big fan of dual independent alternators & batteries. Easy to do it with these trucks. https://www.dcpowerinc.com/collecti...dillac-escalade-1999-5-7l-v8-optional-124-amp

 

[89Suburban]

Nothing like your alternator going out when you are driving through wheat fields in the middle of NOWHERE . Luckily i was able to get to an Oreillys where i then got stranded but they had ONE alternator and it happened to be the exact one i needed and the brand i wanted.

Good job bro.