Okay, so yesterday I noticed that my gauge for the battery was going down. It had gotten to the point where it would trigger the red battery light to come on and I was naturally concerned. Today I took it in to NAPA and they tested my battery then told me that it was no good and under warranty. I got a new battery free of charge and then I put it on. Only once I put it on, nothing had changed. I installed the battery correctly but it was still the same. Here's a picture of my gauge cluster and I am completely stumped. I'm going to take it back to NAPA to see what they think but anyone know what could be the issue?

 

Have them test your Alternator output ..

 

That's what I'm gonna have them do.

 

So yeah, my alternator is completely dead now. time to spend $200 on a new one..

 

I would have had them check the whole chargeing system at the same time you had the battery replaced....Then, youd saved yourself a trip...eliminateing haveing to run back and 4th...Especially with gas here in michigan at 4.09 a gallon....

 

Yeah sometimes it a bit of a guessing game. I had an issue last fall that had me going in circles. I ended up having everything tested and it was all good. turned out to be a bad connection at the auxiliary post. Once I cleaned and tightened that up the car was fine. Glad your getting it figured out and remember to check all the connections to make sure its all tight.

 

I found an alternator at a salvage yard for 45 dollars, its 125 amps instead of the 105 amp and it doesn't look like it's in too bad of shape. I checked all the connections and they are fine so hopefully once I find the time to change out alternators everything will be good, if not, I don't know what I'll do..

 

My friend put the new alternator on while i was at work saturday and it runs great now!