pontiac sunfire alternator?

my 2 cents: Unplug the battery and check the wire/connections to the alternator. Even if it looks okay the wires will rot inside the casing, and if electricity has trouble flowing through they heat-up like an iron and self-destruct.

I had the EXACT same problem, I replaced the alternator and BAM...it fixed it all.

"padowbear" wrote: > hey..i have a question(of course) ok so I own a 97 pontiac > sunfire with about 145 000 on it...anyways, just took a long > trip in it and then hadnt used it for a week or so..started up > fine, but battery light was on..half an hour later, all of the > gage lights came on and it felt like the car kept trying to > die on me..eventually the whole car just turned off..waited a > while, turned it on and revved it normally and it was fine for > a little while until all of the gage lights came on and the > gages for temperature and rpms etc kept fluctuating as the car > kept trying to die. Thought that maybe the computer was > confused and had to reset itself, so I unplugged the positive > cable on the battery-cable wasnt corroded. After a day(forgot > about it) plugged it bak in and then turned on the car. Now, > as soon as i turn it on, all of the gage lights come on again > and they fluctuate right away instead of waiting a while but > now it makes this weird sound..almost like the car wont > catch..i think it might have something to do with the > alternator but i dont really know all that much about cars so > any advice on what it could be and how to check it would be > great-THANK YOU