MacSweep
Member Since: 13 Feb 2008
Location: bedfordshire
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About a minute after a cold start my alternator warning lamp will come on for a second, just the once, when I am doing 15 mph down our gravel track. This morning the EPB lamp joined in and flashed amber a couple of times too. (I had the EPB pads and drums replaced 6 months ago)
Is this a sign of my 6 year old battery needing replacing or does it sound more like a dodgy alternator?
Any thoughts/wisdom appreciated... 04 TDV6 SE Auto Vienna Green/Tundra Leather - LR side steps.
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03 D2 TD5 ES Auto
49 Series 2 2.25 Pickup
48 Series 1 2.0D with O/D (was SWMBOs)
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 9th Nov 2010 10:36 pm |
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Bodsy
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Sounds like battery on its way out, although could be alternator too given tha the alternator light shouldn't normally come on. Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 9th Nov 2010 10:37 pm |
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MacSweep
Member Since: 13 Feb 2008
Location: bedfordshire
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Cheers Bodsy. Will give the battery a charge and see. Hope its the battery as thats cheaper and has to be near end of its life at 6 years anyway! 04 TDV6 SE Auto Vienna Green/Tundra Leather - LR side steps.
Gone but not forgotten...
03 D2 TD5 ES Auto
49 Series 2 2.25 Pickup
48 Series 1 2.0D with O/D (was SWMBOs)
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| 10th Nov 2010 8:31 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Sounds like water ingress to the connectors at the bottom of the 'A' pillar(s)
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| 10th Nov 2010 11:13 pm |
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MacSweep
Member Since: 13 Feb 2008
Location: bedfordshire
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Thanks 10forcash.
Is this something I could check out and correct myself? Is the windscreen seal the usual culprit?
All advice appreciated.
Mac 04 TDV6 SE Auto Vienna Green/Tundra Leather - LR side steps.
Gone but not forgotten...
03 D2 TD5 ES Auto
49 Series 2 2.25 Pickup
48 Series 1 2.0D with O/D (was SWMBOs)
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| 11th Nov 2010 4:54 pm |
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