M-Leach
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Hello,
I have some issues with the electrics in my '94 Calais. At what seems like random times while driving the battery warning light will come on, closely followed by the ABS warning light. If it happens when the headlights are on then they will go brighter, and once when the wipers were on they sped up.
The warning lights usually stay on for less than a minute, and the ABS light goes off first.
There is a marker on the battery that indicates it needs charging (black ring), but it doesn't go flat.
The engine idles roughly when hot and recently started stalling (no error codes), so I want to eliminate the battery as a problem.
Could the battery be faulty (the indicator is supposed to turn white when it needs replacing), or maybe the alternator supplying a trickle of charge? Or something else?
Cheers
I have some issues with the electrics in my '94 Calais. At what seems like random times while driving the battery warning light will come on, closely followed by the ABS warning light. If it happens when the headlights are on then they will go brighter, and once when the wipers were on they sped up.
The warning lights usually stay on for less than a minute, and the ABS light goes off first.
There is a marker on the battery that indicates it needs charging (black ring), but it doesn't go flat.
The engine idles roughly when hot and recently started stalling (no error codes), so I want to eliminate the battery as a problem.
Could the battery be faulty (the indicator is supposed to turn white when it needs replacing), or maybe the alternator supplying a trickle of charge? Or something else?
Cheers