2000 Mercury Cougar Alternator light?

2000 MERCURY COUGAR
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KAYLEIGHR
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My cougars alternator light has recently started coming on and off while driving. It won't stay at a steady idle and occasionally stalls out. While moving it will rev up a bit and lurch/hesitate for a couple seconds before continuing on. I had the alternator checked and was told it was fine. She has 14 amps coming off the battery even while the light is flickering
Jul 10, 2013 at 11:28 AM
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CARADIODOC
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14 amps is terrible. If you mean 14.0 volts, that is perfect but all it means is the generator is doing something. You need to have it professionally load-tested to see what the maximum current is and what the "ripple" voltage is.

It sounds like this will get you by for a while. I apologize that I'm heading out of town right now and will be back Sunday night. I'll check back to see if you had the load-test done and what the results were.
Jul 10, 2013 at 2:35 PM