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Old 12-26-2008, 11:25 PM
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My 07 gxp is starting to act up. I was leaving a friends house tonight, started driving down the road and charging system faliure pops up on the info center. I looked at the volts and they were falling from about 15 but steadied out at around 14. I turned the car off checked conections and everything looked fine, and the car started back up with no problems. I drove home and the volts were at 14.30 most of the trip and then fell down to 13.87. I just replaced the battery about 4 weeks ago so im hoping that its not the battery again.

Anyone else have this happen to them, or any ideas whats going on?

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How many miles are on the car?


You may have a bad alternator.
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My only next guess is to check your alt.
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You've got plenty of voltage, so alt. is good. Check your grounds, Ive heard of bad cabling on these cars as well, more than likely the problem.
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your voltage sounds a bit high, I would suspect the battery has a high internal resistance or you are looking at loose/corroded cable(s). Beyond that, a failed diode bridge in the alternator could be the culprit, but I very much doubt it. Since you had the battery replaced, I would look at the cables first.




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