Yesterday my car (1997 Chevy Lumina) was stuck in the snow and my male friend was trying to get me out. He eventually did get me out but he reved up the cars engine really high a few times. When I got in my car to drive home, I noticed that the VOLTS light was on. I have a new battery (Nov 06) and a new alternator, well rebuilt, (July 06). I should also mention that a few weeks ago I went to start my car and it wouldn't start. The battery did appear to be fully charged because all the "dings" and "lights" came on when I went to turn it on (new starter in Oct 06).
Thank you in advance for the help.
2007-03-10 00:28:55 · 5 answers · asked by Harleyboy1369 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Take it to a qualified mechanic and have the starting and charging system checked,although "new,"starters and alternators can fail quickly.also check belt tension,and positive and ground cables,quite possibly being stuck in snow,something got knocked loose under car,as this is where starter is located on engine.Hope this helps.
2007-03-10 03:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by scrapaintcrap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When your key is in the on postion, and your engine is not running, the alternator will not be producing voltage, and there will be no oil pressure. If those lights are on when the engine IS running, then you may actualy have a problem. The cause for the engine to stall is likely not related to those systems, it coudl be, but there is no reason to suggest they are just because those lights came on after the engine stalled since they will come on EVERYTIME your engine stalls. Your car is probibly running rough because one or more sensors are not functioning correctly as they are now over ten years old. You need to run diagnostics to figure why the check engien light is on, in the mean time try checkign the air filter to see if tis dirty and replace the fuel filter if you havnt in a while.
2016-03-28 22:35:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the battery connections at the starter. Based on your previous starting problem and then being stuck in the snow, the starter is in the front of the engine and it sounds like a bad or loose connection.
2007-03-10 00:49:34 · answer #3 · answered by big D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to autozone and have them run a test on it.its free and the get you pointed in the right direction without pulling parts off
2007-03-10 00:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by bigsportsnut2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like the alternator
2007-03-10 00:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by bstnrs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋