1997 Ford Crown Victoria Question About My Voltage?

KUNERT20

MEMBER
1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
V8
2WD
AUTOMATIC
222,000 MILES

I Have A 1997 Crown Victoria and im having a problem. The other day I was driving home from work I noticed that my voltage gauge on my dash was pretty much down at the bottom of the gauge showing low. Then what happened seconds later was that my dash lights had gone out and I had no lights at all. My radio didnt work and my spedometer stop working. All of this had happend when I was on the freeway doing 70 MPH. I drove for about 8 miles like that until I came to the offramp and stopped, then my car had died. Me and my friend then jumped it and everything was fine. We then took off the jumper cables and drove for about 200 feet then everything blacked out again. Luckily home was only a couple of blocks away so made it but as soon as I braked to stop the car died. Now, before all this. I had put a NEW battery in the car and had the Alternator checked, and it was fine (14+). All the wireing looks fine. And I dont know whats wrong. Any Ideas?

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JACOBANDNICKOLAS

MECHANIC
109,885 POSTS

It sounds like a bad alternator. However, I would recommend checking all connections at the new battery to make sure they are clean and tight and not damaged. Also, make sure the round on the engine block is clean and tight. If they are, remove the alternator and have it bench tested at the parts store. The regulator is part of the alt, so they will check both. If it checks good, then chances are the fuseable link between the alt and battery is bad.

Let me know what you find, and thanks for using 2carpros. Com.

Joe

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