headlights flicker

Sep 29, 2005 1 Replies

WHEN DRIVING BUT MAINLY WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, MY HEADLIGHTS BEGIN TO FLICKER, ALSO, MY VOLT METER FLUCTUATES BETWEEN LIKE 14 AND 18 VOLTS WHILE CAR IS IDLING WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON........PLEASE HELP, THANX



The alternator should only put out like 13.5 to 14.5 volts so the regulator is probably bad. Nowadays the regulator is built into the alternator, on old cars it was sometimes seperate. Only other thing it could be is wire that feeds alternator like a sample voltage could be bad but it is a long shot.

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