Lights dim

1995 FORD TAURUS
63,000 MILES • 3.0L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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MITZI GIBBS-HARTMAN
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When I touch the brakes, the radio and brake lights dim just slightly. Bad alternator was just replaced, so what else could it be? Nothing else happens, just a slight dim.
Nov 6, 2018 at 3:53 AM
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Hello,

This sounds likes you have a bad connection at the battery ground to engine block or ground to frame. Can you please check it for me?

Here is a guide that can help:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked

let me know,
Nov 7, 2018 at 10:52 AM
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