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Old 11-12-2009, 08:35 AM
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had some charging issues, went to oreillys, they tested the car with battery/alternator on....seems as regulator maybe was weak so they gave me another alternator, i have lifetime warranty, well, i use the car roughly a week or mor turns on fine and so on, i see the volts about 13 or slightly below.

yesterday, i click unlock on the remote and notice the horn/lights were slow in responding... and now i play with lock/unlock on the remote and notice the horn was weak.

what do you think it cna be it? a weak alternator again? or does it fall into the line of a short? or do i just need more ampage?

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sounds like just a Bad battery
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Did you have any work done on the car prior to this problem?

Sounds like it could be a short somewhere?

I'd take the battery out and have it tested separately just to make sure it's fine.
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battery was tested, it passed
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when the car is Not running, obvisouly the alternator cant recharge the battery if it isnt Moving.

so, if u'r lights are dim with-out the car running, the battery is weak.

but it could be weak because a light or something is staying on(something is drawing it down) but like i said, it is not an alternator problem if it does it when its not running.

get a new battery or borrow one from a friend (just swap batteries) i bet it fixes it

besides people at O'rielys arent Mechanics (they are just Parts people)
i hope u get it fixed




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