Well Ramathorn has been a faithful steed for going on 2 years, basically problem free. Saturday evening Sam and I headed out in it to go watch the town fireworks. About 2 miles out from the house, the battery light came on. I looked and noticed that the charging light was slightly below halfway, where it normally sits solidly in the middle. I cut it off when we got to the lot and hoped maybe it was a fluke. Started it when we left and no light, everything was fine. I’ve driven it 3 to 4 times every day since then; it came back on Monday morning and again this evening on the way home. Every time, the charging gauge was below halfway. I’m hoping to drive it tomorrow and get the light to come on, then come home and hook it up to a voltmeter. My suspicion is that the alternator is dying (Jeff can chime in here with any knowledge!), or I have a loose connection somewhere. I plan on checking all of those connections and related fuses before replacing the alternator. On the plus side, if it is the alternator, it’s a really straight forward swap and shouldn’t take more than half an hour.
I’m just shy of 60k miles, which seems a little short lived for an alternator, but the truck is almost 10 years old and only gets driven about 6-10 miles a day now that we’ve moved so much closer to my office.
I’m just shy of 60k miles, which seems a little short lived for an alternator, but the truck is almost 10 years old and only gets driven about 6-10 miles a day now that we’ve moved so much closer to my office.
2010 Dodge Ram 1500
2019 Ford Mustang
2019 Ford Mustang