What to do if your car battery is low?

What to do if your car battery is low?

Bad battery or low charge, or bad connections at the battery terminals. If the terminals are full of white snowy looking stuff disconnect them and clean them up. If a terminal is loose (you can turn it with your hand) tighten it. Check the battery voltage. A fully charged car battery would read about 12.6 VDC. 12.3V is 50% charged.

How to diagnose bad battery or low charge?

To diagnose it you need to work backwards: 1. Bad battery or low charge, or bad connections at the battery terminals. If the terminals are full of white snowy looking stuff disconnect them and clean them up. If a terminal is loose (you can turn it with your hand) tighten it. Check the battery voltage.

What causes a car battery to stop working?

This can be caused by a few things. To diagnose it you need to work backwards: 1. Bad battery or low charge, or bad connections at the battery terminals. If the terminals are full of white snowy looking stuff disconnect them and clean them up. If a terminal is loose (you can turn it with your hand) tighten it.

Why is the intermitent blinking on my GM Truck?

I did a bit of looking into this, and according to GM, the P1638 sets if the PCM is not getting the correct signal for the alternator load, and they suggest checking the connections at the alternator and at the PCM.

What to do if your car battery light is not working?

Get the alternator or wiring fixed, and properly recharge the battery at the same time. The folks at AutoZone can always help with battery and charging system issues, both on the car, and with the parts off the car.

Why does my red battery light keep coming on?

Found out my problem, apparently my shift lever has a spring that has went out, so when i put it in park the digital gear reader isnt circled like it should be, cut key off and the light comes on, if i push the lever back and then cut key off the light doesnt come on, anyone know if you can replace this spring? Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group.

Why is my intermitent blinking Battery Light not working?

Replaced the Alternator, Battery was fine and strong, but still the problem persisted. I played with the wires (seperating the Alternator/Charging system wires from the rest of the wires) and then pulled them away from the engine block/TBI…..and that corrected my problem.