"Volt" lights up on my dashboard and now it wont start 1995 chevy MonteCarlo any ideas what to do or meaning

Question

I have a 1995 Chevy MonteCarlo. On the "dashboard volt" is lit up & now the car wont start anyone know what it means or how to fix the car?

Answer 1

Yeh, -go buy a new battery, and anything else you think it might be! Then you will have all new stuff - (while you are hunting for the problem.)

First thing I would do is to charge the battery!-- Battery "charge" can be checked to some extent by turning in the headlights and turing key to start! If the headlights go out, obviously you have a voltage problem! Which can be one of two things, either corroded connections, or dead battery. After the battery is charged (unless it just plain doesn't charge). You can then see if the alternator charges or not! You can also take the battery out and go have somebody (like Wal Mart, ot Auto Zone) check it and find out if the battery actually IS bad!

You might have mistakenly left the headlights or some accessory on and ran the battery down (and the alternator could be just fine, - as well as the battery). Or you could have gotten a "current draw" from something that isn't supposed to be "on" like maybe a dome light, under hood light, or trunk light? Even if you put in a "new" battery, and the car continues to have this kind of problem, - it will be dead soon also!

If you boost the car and start it, it will not charge the battery until a certian amount of "charge" is already put back in the battery! So if you get car running this way, leave the booster cables on for about 5 minutes to get battery "picked up" a little. Alternators, unlike the "archaic generators" require power to the field sufficient to "excite" the alternator into working.

If the car starts and runs, and the alternator (light) "volts" still is on, then you want to check and see what is keeping the alternator from charging, - like fuses, broken wires (around the alternator area). Most of the beter stores that sell automotive parts, - has equipment that will check the alternator right on car (if you can get it there!)

Finally after you have proven what part is wrong,- then buy that one. It is nice to have all new stuff, but of course it is nice to have a new car too! I am assuning that you asked this question because you aren't "loaded" up with money in the first place!

Answer 2

probably the alternator Check to see that the alternator belt is still on or not loose. have the battery charged and tested. If the battery is charged and tests OK, then the alternator must go. Try jump starting the car and put a volt meter across the battery terminals. It should read 14 volts if less than 14volts, then the alternator is defective.
good luck

Answer 3

examine the floor cord going to the engine block. be sure that this is expounded and not corroded. additionally examine to be sure the different floor straps that hook up with the physique are related and in stable order. it appears like a grounding difficulty it particularly is being solved once you leap the vehicle, yet then happens back when you're taking the jumper cables off. electrical energy will come across a some time past to the battery by some skill, and the process least resistance is meant to be the unfavorable battery cable. as a exchange, it must be working however mild fillaments, the eu or different componants that are grounded to the chassis. floor issues create some extraordinary subjects, yet are definitely fixed.

Answer 4

Replace the battery, THEN check the alternator.

Answer 5

check the alternator