Help! Electrical problem with 94 sl2

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The battery is new(replaced a few months ago
The alternator was replaced a few months ago as well

But since the new alternator was put in I am having the follwoing
problems

The alternator seems to not charging the batter. Earleir the battery
will get charged while driving and "all is well". But sometimes the
battery does not get charged and eventually , while driving, I start
hearing static on the radio especially when braking, other electrical
things start to actup like turn signals not working. Also, starngely
The car is very slow when acceleratiing from a stop light though it
works fine in reverse.
Of course at this time I know that If I turn off the car it won't
start due to low battery nd I have to charge the battery again.

During the time it was running fine I had the battery and alternator
tested at a autoparts store and both tested fine.

any insights please?
 
Your alternator sounds like it died or there is a loose or very dirty
connection.

Bob
 
Bob Shuman said:
Your alternator sounds like it died or there is a loose or very dirty
connection.
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I was thinking the same thing. On my Ford (what a piece o'crap car that
was!), the alternator died. Put in one (rebuilt) from local auto parts
store.

Couple of days later the battery was dead again (it was new as well). I
gave up and took it to the dealer. They put on a Ford alternator to the
tune of $450 (inc. labor). Said rebuilt was bad. So I haul the rebuilt
back to the parts store and they said 'Tuff. No refunds on electrcial
items" while smugly pointing at the sign on the wall.

To say I blew up was mild. I whipped out the Ford repair invoice and went
after the manager. He refunded the money on the rebuilt. I think once I
got done with him he had wished he had called in sick.

Seems somewhere in the life of a Saturn it'll need a few batteries and an
alternator, imo.

B~
 
Oy!
Thankfully, the shop I took itback too replace it last Wed with only
a $50 charge. so far so good!
 
But what did they "fix" for the $50 and how long did it take them to do it?
You do not say. Seems to me they should have done the "fix" for free.

Bob
 
They replaced the whole unit , they kept it overnight, If I had
brought it in sooner I may not have paid the "warrenty adjustment"
becuase this had been going on for a while I was just too busy to
bring it in sooner, so I must accept some blame in that. I have no
compliants I always had good experiences with this place. When I
attempted to paid the to $50, my credit card was delcined but the
owner let me take my car and paid him later even though there's a big
sign behind the counter that says "Absolutely no credit". Of course
$50 is no loss but I paid him later anyway.
 
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