At 02:36 PM 4/26/2011, Robert Stewart wrote: >I am having a Strange Erratic Blinking Light on my battery light >indicator in the center of the dash. I am not sure why... > >It started about 2 weeks ago and last week I had my alternator and >battery checked just to be sure it was not that, both are just fine. > >Sometimes it goes off and is flashing in a highly erratic way, other >times it goes off when I hit a bump. When you say "goes off" do you really mean "lights up?"
>I recently changed my "bright" high beam indicator bulb, could I >have possibly damaged or loosened something I shouldn't have? If the sympton is as I believe, it indicates a short to ground in the D+ line going to the alternator, or the alternator ceasing to charge. Suggest put a voltmeter on the system while the blinking is happening, and then same voltmeter on D+ to verify that it's going to ground. All I have time for just now. d |
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