Alternator Problems

When the accelerater is pressed a background wizzing noise can be heard going up and down with the revs.

Took our trusty AX to the garage as battery warning light was on. Alternator was changed. Car was driven 1/2 mile down the road and all the dash lights came on, and then lost all power. Garage cannot find the problem. Alternator was chec...

I have owned my golf for 7 months now and have had no end of problems with it. So far I have had all 4 coil packs replaced, clutch, breaks and a new cylinder head!! But the 1 problem that crops up everytime something else goes wrong is my ...

I've just had the alternator replaced with a new (not reconditioned one), and it has burned out after about 400 miles of uneventful motorway driving at steady speed over 3 days. What could the problem be? Presumably, it's not likely to ...

hi, please could someone tell me how you remove a alternator from a ford puma? please help, thank you.

M1 yesterday afternoon, very scary, Zaphira 2.00 diesel club running well, sudden death of power, engine cut out. all lights on the dash on, achieved the hard shoulder thank goodness. no fire, slight smell of hot electrics, engine not crank...

Hello, I had the classic burning/ humming alternator sound called the AA out and they diagnosed an alternator failure. I have had a number of faults with this car over the years. Is 62,000ish miles a bit too early for alternator...

battery light has started to flicker on dash but not all the time goes a long time without doing it some times

Ok I brought this car for my son to have a bit of fun. Now the brake pedal one day decided to go really hard and I nearly crash the car, I manage to get home and then I took it to my mechanic, he came up with, The alternator faulty. and ...

I was driving my clio the other day when the stop light and battery lights came on, to start with they just flashed then stayed on and whilst driving my other lights came on and i then lost all power in the car, once i stop the wouldn't sta...

Hi i have just put new alternator on my cmax managed to get it started and running but it seems to have lost power not the 130 bhp it had befor the work i have just done

my xsara picasso has developed a problem when cranking the engine it turns over very slowly both alternator and battery are ok any siggestions on what this could be?

Hi, I have just changed my alternator and had to remove the tuel filter housing, now its all back together i fired up the engine it ran for a second and then cut out, now it wont fire up . has anybody got any ideas. Thanks Jaun

This has happened twice (on two seperate days) but has been running ok in between these incidents. I slow down, and the steering feels funny and the car cuts out. The battery, oil and eps lights come on. I can only start the car again by...

dash lights on, batteries checked ok. new alternator fitted. ok for 3weeks, same prob, replacement alternator fitted, 2weeks same problem. had to jump start to garage and they are stuck. bafelled even where in the sticks and need help. It w...