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: My battery and brake light stays on, Help!


Blackbird
09-08-2002, 12:29 AM
Will you guys help me with this weird problem. I install my new strut bar today. Turn the car on the light for the BRAKE and BATTERY stays on won shut off? I check the brake fluid, full... the belts for alternator still tight. WTF

autoxer7
09-08-2002, 08:49 AM
Classic symptoms of a bad alternator.

se-riusb14
09-09-2002, 02:46 AM
DITTO!!! I had the same problems.

ThomasSr20
09-09-2002, 10:38 PM
100% sure is the Alternator

CarbonBlack200
09-09-2002, 11:18 PM
Someone had a same problem and there's a thread about it. Yeah, that's the alternator.

http://www.sr20deforum.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=201469#post201469

Edit:
Wait, it's you! BlackBird... hahaha.. sorry, am I bad? Glad you fixed your car!

Tonez
09-09-2002, 11:59 PM
I had the same problem , change that bad boy ASAP

eliterit
09-10-2002, 03:51 AM
ok where i live in sa,tx we've been having a shitload of rain this past week and everytime i go through a big puddle, i hear the belt squeek temporarily and then sometimes after that the brake light and batt light come on and then go away. but i hear a clicking noise as well. I dont think my alternator is going out, i think it maybe that the belt isnt getting grip with the water and the alternator? Anyone ?

CarbonBlack200
09-10-2002, 04:05 AM
I think you have a good guess. I would check the belt. Sounds a lot like your belt is slipping. Check and adjust the belt tension, or maybe replace it if they look worn.

eliterit
09-10-2002, 09:50 AM
a friend of mine told me a couple months back that my belt is starting to show like it's time for a new one. Maybe he was right. Any suggestions on belts? Brand or anything like that? and i'm guessing the belt might be hard to replace, any tips would be helpful.

Tonez
09-10-2002, 03:29 PM
I had a leak in my power steering and it was dripping fluid on my belt when the belt would slip the battery light would turn on , fixed that and 2 weeks later the alternator took a shit , I got the best luck..:confused: