Recently when I am at low idle, the car hesitates, the dash displays blink the radio stops, and even once the radio lost all it's settings, like the battery was disconnected. The car has the inline 6, and I believe that engine had a wiring harness issues. The car has 200k miles, and I don't beleive the harness was ever changed. Could this be the problem?
96 E320 Power failer
May 30, 2007
4 Replies
Doubt it... I'd say battery is dead. Car won't run with bad battery or bad alternator.
"Tiger" wrote in news:m3f7i.167$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe12.lga:
Battery is new. Doesn't the alternator just charge the battery? Is there a way to check the alternator?
Can you jump start the car? If the car is running, then you can check if alternator is bad or now... it must have at least 13.5V to charge battery. Autozone will check the charging system for free if you can get the car there.... or that you bring your alternator there.
I would also check overload relay to see if fuse still good.
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