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jovialtrice · Jan 18th, 2008, 07:58 AM

I am a sort of old member. Never posted but read a ton.

Recently my alternator blew on my 99 Altima. Typical signs occurred: Odd loss of power, e-brake and battery light coming on etc.

It's January in Boston. I cant replace it myself in this crap weather. So I decided to just bring it to the dealership instead of buying a new alternator and dropping it in myself.

Now they are telling me that the alt is directly linked to my instrument cluster which was working completely fine before I brought it there. They are also saying that the car won't run without me replacing both.

1.) As I said, before I brought the car in the instrument panel was working fine.
2.) What sort of crap engineering would directly link the alternator and the instrument panel together?
3.)WTF?

Is this legit? Thanks so much in advanced.

Jan 18th, 2008, 07:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
jovialtrice NissanForums Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Need some help... I am a sort of old member. Never posted but read a ton. Recently my alternator blew on my 99 Altima. Typical signs occurred: Odd loss of power, e-brake and battery light coming on etc. It's January in Boston. I cant replace it myself in this crap weather. So I decided to just bring it to the dealership instead of buying a new alternator and dropping it in myself. Now they are telling me that the alt is directly linked to my instrument cluster which was working completely fine before I brought it there. They are also saying that the car won't run without me replacing both. 1.) As I said, before I brought the car in the instrument panel was working fine. 2.) What sort of crap engineering would directly link the alternator and the instrument panel together? 3.)WTF? Is this legit? Thanks so much in advanced.