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brake & battery light coming on???


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Jimmy101
03-09-2006, 09:41 AM
I have a 1990 v6 pickup, lately
my brake and battery light have been coming on.
I have plenty of brake fluid, but they turn on together.
and eventually turn off after about 15mins of driving.

Does this mean my alternator is dying?
I have about 225k miles.
Also turn the car off and restarting it, does not make
the lights go away.

Any ideas???

thanks for you help!

KimMG
03-10-2006, 02:55 AM
Possible causes
Regulator failing
Battery failing
Alternator failing
Loose belt
Poor coroded connections
Some chain auto parts stores offer free testing of the charging system.

fourwd1
03-10-2006, 09:11 AM
The alternator needs new brushes.

Jimmy101
03-14-2006, 09:57 PM
thanks!
I went ahead and just put in a new bosch remanufactured alternator from pepboys, $119.
Problem solve!

2000GPGTBlue2dr
07-17-2006, 09:24 AM
We had the same problem on our 94 Toyota 4X4 pickup. The Brake Light, Battery light, and Automatic Transmission light would flicker on whenever we would accelerate. Then a day or two later the truck would not even start. The alternator was bad, we replaced it and everything's back to normal.

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