E55amgsd

Ok so for the past week I notice a lil humming sound coming from the front of the engine sort of like a powersteering noise but bearly noticable ..so yesterday I was driving and a message came up "battery low conv.functions temporary unavailable" then as I kept driving my abs and my srs lights came on raido shut down and I got a red braking light message. I turnd off the car and when I tried to turn it back on nothing ..so I whent and bought a new battery,installed it and the car was fine back to normal ..but today in the morning I got the message again and I whent to chek the batt and they told me it was to low to chek if alternator is bad or good :/ ..what do you guys think alternator ?

Exotic-metal55

You can either test the alternator and battery or start changing parts. The voltage regulator in the alterantor does wear out and pretty easy to change. Sounds like you have a charging issue but also may want to check the battery at same time.

E55amgsd

Thanks for the reply ..the battery is brand spanken new just bought it last night ..so it must be a charging issue may be the alternator :/ ..im gona have my battery charge and then take it back for a test

2000UZJ

Which battery did you change? There are tw . Under the hood and in the trunk.

E55amgsd

The trunk one ..I tride looking for the front one and the slot said battery in trunk ??I had it test befor replacing it and it was 0% so I core that and bought a new one (for the trunk ) ..I havent stope searching and it might be my voltage regulator im gona have to replace it befor geting a new alternator ..

kponti

New battery mean alternator problem. If you keep driving it around just resign yourself to buying a new alternator. Stop driving it around (if its not too late) and get a new voltage regulator. The moment you can smell something burning, game over time for a new alternator (400-500 refurb) plus labor to install

E55amgsd

[QUOTE=kponti;6201376]New battery mean alternator problem. If you keep driving it around just resign yourself to buying a new alternator. Stop driving it around (if its not too late) and get a new voltage regulator. The moment you can smell something burning, game over time for a new alternator (400-500 refurb) plus
Yeah I havent drove it no more I just cant find any autoshop that carries the regulator ..im going to have to order it online :/ and wait till Tuesday ..thank good havent smell any burning yet lol ..yeah I was looking at alt and yup pretty expensive

kponti

Dealer usually stocks it for less than $100

E55amgsd

Geesh never thought of calling the stealership .for the same reason expensive .let me try

E55amgsd

Got it for 60 bucks with a friends discount ..now time to install it ..I will post up how it whent

atxE55K

I had the same problem. Burning plastic smell. I pulled the alternator and took it to an alternator shop. They said it was a bad rectifier. They replaced the rectifier and the bearings, and bench tested - $125 for parts and labor. I reinstalled and it has been running fine for 1,000 miles.

Have a shop look at it before you buy a new or rebuilt alternator.

Side note - be sure to use the same cap that was on the original alternator. The cap must match the cable ends.

E55amgsd

Turns out it was my alternator ..we took a look at it and the ends are toasted !!:/ luckily my mechanic found a new one for 180 to replace it

PTK55

lol I paid approx. $1200 for my alternator job three weeks ago...

E55amgsd

Hey guys I was getting ready to put the alternator but car wont start battery full car looks like it will start but when I crank it it just "tatatatattatattatatata"and then just stops ...cps is like 5 months old ..what do you guys think ?

Elhonaz

That "tatatata" makes me think of starter thats gone bad... but noway to tell for sure. Make a video of that sound and maybe someone can figure whats going on!

E55amgsd

I just cant think how is that possible. .the car was perfect before I disconnected the battery. .well it just needed an alternator replacement thats about it ..my friend has the same car and he says I need to reprogram the ecu because its on safe mode .:/ ..ill find out tomorrow im most likely takingbit to the dealer f it

Elhonaz

Like I said noway to tell from here, just my brain tring to figure out the sound Hope you get it fixed!

E55amgsd

True :/
Just imagine your car is about to start but for some reason it gets stuck in that first spark lol