I was drining my car and all of a sudden the battery light went on then my headlights started to dim. my radio turned off and the speedometer stop working. i went threw 3 stop lights and every time i took off i reved high and high just to accelerate?.....what could the problem be? the car finally died and would not power on even with a jump start after i disconnected the cables it shut off?...any suggestions?

 

bad alternator

 

bad alternator so it drains all the power from the battary.

 

check the power to the alternator. happen to me and the power ring rusted off and broke off.

 

thanks im buying a new one

 

my car is doing the same thing! what's going on? funny thing is my alternator is barely 2 months old and so is my battery. last night everything started dimming big time, lucky i was near walmart and bought a new battery that only lasted one fcuken day cuz something is draining my **** like crazy. i'm planning to get oreilly's to check the alternator.

what could it be? what should i check? gounds maybe?

 

if the alternator checks good then bad grounds could cause this problem. Mine did it and I made a grounding kit and haven't had the problem since. Before getting a grounding kit (this is kinda ghetto) jump the negative battery terminal to one of the motor mount bolts (preferably the one that has the threads sticking upwards on the d-side) with a jumper cable (just the negative side) and tuck away the extra cable nice and neatly where it won't fall downwards while driving. If it stops, then get a good grounding kit preferably 8awg cable. At minimum, ground the motor to the chasis in at least 2 places and ground the motor and the chasis to the negative terminal.