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    Angry Just changed alternator then car died again

    Hey all

    need some advise, my vy 3.8 commodore's alternator light come on along with other warnings then car just died, i replaced alternator with a brand new one and also put new battery in car. It ran good for bout 30 minutes and then my dash guages stopped working and all srs abs lights come on 12 minutes later my car died again, with tow trucks and parts im out of pocket $520
    my question is now what do i do, any ideas people

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    You may need a new ABS module. When it fails it creates the symptoms that you have described.

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    check the earth underneath the ABS module. known to be bad, and cause charging issues among other things.

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    As mentioned ABS module. Seen it many times before, when all the random dash lights come on its the ABS module

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