Re: Battery and Brake Lights flickering

#1

I'd get that alternator checked out ASAP. Really weird things can happen,
and you could kill your new battery too if there is a problem.

Dave

"mdw7" <mdw7 (AT) duke (DOT) edu> wrote

Quote:

For the past couple of months my battery and brake lights have been
flickering. I assumed it was a short somewhere, but now I'm not sure.
Yesterday, my car wouldn't start. I got a jump, but then the engine
started hesitating, and then stalled. AAA came out, jumped it again,
and I was going down the road to a tire/battery place, when it stalled
again. After being towed there, I bought a new battery and it seems
to be running fine now.

So, if it is a short causing the lights to flicker, is there someplace
in the wiring where this typically happens on a 95 maxima? Is it more
likely to be the alternator? I can't find any correlation between
when the light comes on and off-though they are mostly on now. I
would think that if it were the alternator, it would come on and off
as I accelerate and brake.

Also, my car stalled out a few times in the last few months, usually
sitting at a light. Could this have something to do with it?

Thanks!
Matt Wallenstein

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Re: Battery and Brake Lights flickering

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Re: Battery and Brake Lights flickering - 07-23-2003 , 12:25 PM