Re: "Charge" indicator lits up dimly at low speed...

Jun 09, 2005 0 Replies

Please let us know what you found.



This has the symptoms of an alternator with low output at idle, certainly.



While low alternator output is suspected, some alternators used a diode trio to generate the idiot light voltages, and if those diodes drift in value (and they very often DID) , you will get the appearance of a defective charge rate when nothing is really wrong. Dont know if Mazda used such a system, but it is worth mentioning.


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