I just bought a nissan 94 altima gle and found that both of the headlight are very dim. One of my friends said the battery should be replaced. Is there any other idea?
brake and charge warning light are on at the same time!
94 nissan altima,while driving, brake and charge warning lights came on at the same time and went off repeatly. the barke and charge same to work well, so I think that should be eletrical problem. Is there sb having the same experience?
thats the sign that the charging system is having problems. take your car into one of the auto parts stores that does free testing and have the charging system checked. more than likely, your alternator is on its way out the door.
Thanks. But I just don't understand why the brake light came on with the charge warni
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Originally Posted by Asleep_94_Altima
thats the sign that the charging system is having problems. take your car into one of the auto parts stores that does free testing and have the charging system checked. more than likely, your alternator is on its way out the door.
Thanks. But I just don't understand why the brake light came on with the charge warning light at the same time, and went off together.
thats just the way it works. the brake light will always come on with the charging system light when theres a problem with the charging system. im not sure why.
Also check the fuses and fusible links under the hood.
Troy
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thats just the way it works. the brake light will always come on with the charging system light when theres a problem with the charging system. im not sure why.
What he said is true but both come on because the power going thru the charge light is reverse fed thru the brake light too causing it to light up as well.
Troy
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thanks for the comments. but recently, the lights havn't lit up for a week. Does it m
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What he said is true but both come on because the power going thru the charge light is reverse fed thru the brake light too causing it to light up as well.
Troy
thanks for the comments. but recently, the lights havn't lit up for a week. Does it mean the problem has gone?
Also check the fuses and fusible links under the hood.
Troy
why do I need to check that? I think, If the fuse and fusible link blow out, the light wouldn't light up at all. but they are just dim. I just changed new light bulbs, one became much brighter right away, but the other is just a little brighter than before, still dim. I suspect the headlight assembly is too dirty. Does it make any sense?
by the way, I checked my battery with multimeter, the voltage when engine is off is 1
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Originally Posted by KA24Tech
Also check the fuses and fusible links under the hood.
Troy
by the way, I checked my battery with multimeter, the voltage when engine is off is 12.6, after ignition of engine, it goes to 14.2. Does it mean it is good enough?
What he said is true but both come on because the power going thru the charge light is reverse fed thru the brake light too causing it to light up as well.
Troy
by the way, I checked my battery with multimeter, the voltage when engine is off is 12.6, after ignition of engine, it goes to 14.2. Does it mean it is good enough?
thats about the correct voltage. alternators go bad for different reasons though. it might have a bad regulator or diodes. it might be perfectly ok. you wont know till you take it in and have it checked.
my lights lit up and then shut off. i took it to get checked and the charging system was ok. then i drove to Los Angeles from PHX (~365 miles) made it ok. while in L.A. the lights came on again, and car died on me. dead alty. that was when i first got the car.
last year, the lights came on while i was taking a trip to the post office. a 10 min trip, but the car didnt start once i made it to the post office. dead alty.
so what im saying is that it can be totally random. the alt could last for weeks or crap out 2 mins after the lights come on. something is up with your charging system, have it checked out cuz eventually your car will die on ya.....dont want to be stranded.....
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